Izumi: Burdigalian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Paleoparadoxiidae
1 specimen
neotype locality; Izumi Specimen; NMNS PV-5601
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Gifu County:Izumi
Coordinates: 35.4° North, 137.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.3° North, 134.5° East (Wright 2013)
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Burdigalian
Age range of interval: 20.45 - 15.98 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Mizunami Formation:Akeyo Member:Yamanouchi
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: 18 Ma. Age after Matsui & Kawabe (2015).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Inkyo-yama, Kuziri
Database number:91465
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-09-28 14:44:59 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2009-09-28 14:44:59
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

30804. T. Shikama. 1966. Postcranial skeletons of Japanese Desmostylia. Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 12:1-202 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

55804 Y. Hasegawa, Y. Taketani, H. Taru, O. Sakamoto, and M. Manabe. 1995. On sexual dimorphism in Paleoparadoxia tabatai. The Island Arc 3:513-521 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Clapham]
61640 K. Matsui, K. Sashida, S. Agematsu and N. Kohno. 2017. Habitat preferences of the enigmatic Miocene tethythere Desmostylus and Paleoparadoxia (Desmostylia; Mammalia) inferred from the depositional depth of fossil occurrences in the Northwestern Pacific realm. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 471:254-265 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
34667 Y. Okazaki. 1977. Mammalian fossils from the Mizunami Group, Central Japan (Part 2). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 4:9-24 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]