Miyanoshita: Late Miocene, Japan

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

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Ishikawa
Coordinates: 37.1° North, 136.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.7° North, 135.3° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Miocene
Age range of interval: 11.63 - 5.333 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Iwori
Stratigraphy comments: Iwori sandstone member of Higashi-bessho stage
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:91525
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-09-30 12:48:08 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2009-09-30 12:48:08
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]