Bogahora Valley: Early Miocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Perissodactyla
- Desmostylidae
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| Yoshiwara and Iwasaki 1902 | 1 specimen | ||||||
| Tokunaga and Iwasaki 1914 | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Gihu |
| Coordinates: | 35.6° North, 137.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.6° North, 134.4° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.04 - 15.98 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 18 Ma (unknown) (unknown) |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Mizunami | Formation: | Akeyo | Member: | Yamanouchi |
| Stratigraphy comments: Togari bed | |||||
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: | Lowest part of the Yamanouchi Member | ||
| Database number: | 91500 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | K. Matsui | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-09-30 06:51:47 | Last modified: | 2025-05-01 15:16:10 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-09-30 06:51:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 77035. | N. Kohno. 2000. A centenary of studies on the holotype (NSM-PV 5600) of Desmostylus japonicus Tokunaga and Iwasaki, 1914. Bulletin of the Ashoro Museum of Paleontology 1:137-151 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 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] | |
| 30804 | T. Shikama. 1966. Postcranial skeletons of Japanese Desmostylia. Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 12:1-202 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 35804 | S. Tokunaga and C. Iwasaki. 1914. Notes on Desmostylus japonicus. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 21(255):33 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 52149 | V. L. VanderHoof. 1937. A study of the Miocene sirenian Desmostylus. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 24(8):169-262 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 52650 | S. Yoshiwara and J. Iwasaki. 1902. Notes on a new fossil mammal. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University, Tokyo, Japan 16(6):1-13 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |