Amakusa (Loc. 38) (Cretaceous of Japan)

Where: Amakusa, Japan (32.4° N, 130.1° E: paleocoordinates 40.9° N, 120.7° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Late/Upper Cretaceous (100.5 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. Yabumoto and T. Uyeno. 1994. Late Mesozoic and Cenozoic fish faunas of Japan. The Island Arc 3:255-269 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 161437: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 05.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Ptychodontidae
Ptychodus mammillaris Agassiz 1835 elasmobranch
 Synechodontiformes - Paraorthacodontidae
Paraorthacodus sp. Glikman 1957 elasmobranch
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Notorhynchus sp. Ayres 1855 sevengill shark
Notidanodon sp. Cappetta 1975 cow shark
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax sp. Whitley 1939 crow shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Cretolamna sp. Glikman 1958 mackerel shark