Fukusaima: Middle Miocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Carnivora
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| 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] |