Tsu (Loc. 27) (Miocene of Japan)
Where: Mie, Japan (34.7° N, 136.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 134.0° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Ichishi Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 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 161446: 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. 1980
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| Chondrichthyes | |
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon | |
Isurus oxyrinchus, "Carcharodon sulcidens" = Carcharodon carcharias
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
"Carcharodon sulcidens" = Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 great white shark | |