Saitama (Loc. 15) (Miocene of Japan)
Where: Saitama, Japan (35.9° N, 139.7° E: paleocoordinates 38.6° N, 137.2° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
• Chichibu
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 161441: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 05.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Authors cite Uyeno et al. 1983; Uyeno & Sakamoto 1985; Sakamoto & Uyeno 1992
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unclassified | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark | |
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810 sixgill shark | |
Negaprion sp. Whitley 1940 lemon shark
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark | |
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark | |
Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838 sand tiger shark | |
Isurus desori, "Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
Isurus desori Sismonda 1849 mackerel shark
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark | |
Cetorhinus maximus Gunner 1765 basking shark | |
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon | |
Actinopteri | |
Scomberomorus sp. Lacépède 1802 |