Kamikinebetsu-zawa: Oligocene - 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: 43.5° North, 141.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.8° North, 137.7° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Paleogene - Neogene Epoch: Oligocene - Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 4 - Cenozoic 5-6
Key time interval: Oligocene - Miocene
Age range of interval: 33.9 - 5.333 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tappu
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:91510
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-09-30 07:49:52 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2009-09-30 07:49:52
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]