Fukusaima: Middle Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Carnivora
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Fukushima
Coordinates: 37.7° North, 140.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.6° North, 138.0° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Middle Miocene
Age range of interval: 15.98 - 11.63 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Shiotsubo
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:80555
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-04-23 14:14:03 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2008-04-23 14:14:02
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

27087. Aizu Fossil Research Group. 1985. On two fossil humeri of Otarioidea from the Shiotsubo Formation (Late Miocene) of Fukushima Prefecture, Northeast Japan. Chikyu Kagaku 39(4):293-295 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]