Okinawa-Jima (Loc. 43) (Pleistocene of Japan)

Where: Okinawa-Jima, Japan (26.5° N, 127.9° E: paleocoordinates 26.6° N, 127.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 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 161453: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 05.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

• Authors cite Uyeno et al. 1974
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unclassified
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Diodon sp.
Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo sp.
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp.
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus sp.
Isurus sp. Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp.
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark