Nakanoshima: 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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Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Miyagi |
| Coordinates: | 38.5° North, 141.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.8° North, 137.8° 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 |
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: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 91519 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | K. Matsui | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-09-30 12:14:31 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2009-12-30 12:14:31 |
| 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] |