Izumi: Burdigalian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Perissodactyla
- Paleoparadoxiidae
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| 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] |