Kasuga: Burdigalian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Proboscidea
- Stegodontidae
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Stegolophodon pseudolatidens
(Yabe 1950)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 36.7° North, 137.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.6° North, 134.4° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.45 - 15.98 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kurosedani |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 93788 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-02-02 17:42:46 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-02-02 17:42:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31889. | H. Saegusa. 2008. Dwarf Stegolophodon from the Miocene of Japan Passengers on sinking boats. Quaternary International 182:49-62 [M. Uhen/M. Kanojia/M. Uhen] |