Where: Hokuriku, Japan (37.3° N, 137.1° E: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 134.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Maenami Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: The described specimens are reposited at the Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University.
Primary reference: H. Karasawa. 1989. Late Cenozoic Elasmobranchs from the Hokuriku district, central Japan. The Science reports of the Kanazawa University 34(1):1-57 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 161494: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 06.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Paleoparadoxia sp. Reinhart 1959 desmostylian | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Carcharhinus acanthodon requiem shark
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843 requiem shark | |
Odontaspis volax sand tiger shark | |
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon One fragmental tooth specimen (KUE1068)
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"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
Isurus desori Sismonda 1849 mackerel shark
Isurus planus Agassiz 1856 mackerel shark | |
Cetorhinus maximus Gunner 1765 basking shark | |
"Eugomphodus acutissima" = Carcharias, "Eugomphodus cuspidatus" = Carcharias
"Eugomphodus acutissima" = Carcharias sand shark
"Eugomphodus cuspidatus" = Carcharias sand shark | |
Bivalvia | |
Kotorapecten kagamianus scallop |