Kuzuhara: Langhian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Stegodontidae
Saegusa 2008 1 specimen
Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Paleoparadoxiidae
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 36.6° North, 137.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.3° North, 134.6° East (Wright 2013)
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Langhian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Langhian
Age range of interval: 15.98 - 13.82 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kurosedani Member:Yamadanaka Tuff
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: 15.3 Ma. Age after Matsui & Kawabe (2015).
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
Also known as:Yatsuomachi, Yatsuo
Database number:93790
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-02-02 17:52:14 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2010-02-02 17:52:14
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
38198. K. Kaneko and N. Inuzuka. 1992. Desmostylian fossils from the Yatsuo Group in Toyama Prefecture, Central Japan and their paleoenvironments. Chikyu Kagaku = Earth Science 46(2):153-164 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

55797 K. Matsui and S. Kawabe. 2015. The Oldest Record of Paleoparadoxia from the Northwest Pacific with an Implication on the Early Evolution of Paleoparadoxiinae (Mammalia: Desmostylia). Paleontological Research 19(3):251-265 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
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]