Enbetsu: Middle Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Desmostylidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Hokkaido
Coordinates: 44.7° North, 141.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.6° North, 138.8° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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:Kotanbetsu
Stratigraphy comments: Kotanbetsu bed of the upper Kawabata stage
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:91508
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-09-30 07:43:26 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2009-09-30 07:43:26
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]