Where: Hokuriku, Japan (37.1° N, 137.9° E: paleocoordinates 39.8° N, 135.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Suso Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: The described specimens are reposited at the Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University.
Primary reference: H. Karasawa. 1989. Late Cenozoic Elasmobranchs from the Hokuriku district, central Japan. The Science reports of the Kanazawa University 34(1):1-57 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 161496: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 06.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark | |
Squalus serriculus Jordan and Hanibal 1923 dogfish shark | |
Hexanchus gigas Sismonda 1857 sixgill shark | |
Pristiophorus sp. Bleeker 1859 saw shark | |
Scyliorhinus kasenoi cat shark | |
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843 requiem shark
Carcharhinus egertoni Agassiz 1843 requiem shark | |
"Eugomphodus cuspidatus" = Carcharias
"Eugomphodus cuspidatus" = Carcharias sand shark | |
Isurus planus Agassiz 1856 mackerel shark
Isurus desori Sismonda 1849 mackerel shark
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark | |
Parotodus benedeni, "Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
Parotodus benedeni Le Hon 1871 mackerel shark
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon One fragmental tooth specimen (KUE1286)
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