Dogo-Himezuka, Matsuyama City (Cretaceous of Japan)

Where: Ehime, Japan (33.8° N, 132.8° E: paleocoordinates 41.9° N, 121.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Izumi Group, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone and lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: National Science Museum, Tokyo

Primary reference: T. Uyeno, T. Minakawa, and M. Matsukawa. 1981. Upper Cretaceous Elasmobranchs from Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum Series C (Geology & Paleontology) 7(2):81-88 [M. Clapham/M. Gagucas]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 161436: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 05.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Synechodontiformes - Orthacodontidae
"Orthacodus longidens" = Sphenodus longidens
"Orthacodus longidens" = Sphenodus longidens Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Hexanchus microdon Agassiz 1835 sixgill shark
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax sp. Whitley 1939 crow shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Cretolamna sp., "Lamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata
Cretolamna sp. Glikman 1958 mackerel shark
"Lamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark
Actinopteri
 Aulopiformes - Eurypholidae