Yokohama (Loc. 18) (Pleistocene of Japan)

Where: Kanagawa, Japan (35.4° N, 139.6° E: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 139.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 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 161454: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 05.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

• Authors cite Uyeno & Matsushima 1974.
Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna zygaena Linnaeus 1758 hammerhead shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae
Cetorhinus maximus Gunner 1765 basking shark