Higashi Karasugawa River: Langhian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Perissodactyla
- Paleoparadoxiidae
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| 1 specimen | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Fukushima | County: | Tsuchiyutoge |
| Coordinates: | 37.7° North, 140.3° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.6° North, 137.7° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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: | Tsuchiyutoge |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine 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: | 96896 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-07-09 06:45:31 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-07-09 06:45:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 40902. | K. Matsui, Y. Kimura, M. Nagata, H. Inose, K. Ikeda, B. L. Beatty, H. Obayashi, T. Hirata, S. Otoh, T. Shinmura, S. Agematsu and K. Sashida. 2018. A long-forgotten ‘dinosaur’ bone from a museum cabinet, uncovered to be a Japan’s iconic extinct mammal, Paleoparadoxia (Desmostylia, Mammalia). Royal Society Open Science 5:172441 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Uhen] |