Hiratashi (Miocene of Japan)
Where: Japan (35.4° N, 132.8° E: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 130.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Seisoji Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• cone layer
Environment/lithology: marine; black shale
• black shale - cone layer
Primary reference: K. Hirota. 1979. A list of vertebrate fossils from the Shimame Prefecture. Fossil Club Bulletin 13:21-27 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 51989: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.07.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal | |
Pisces | |
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish | |
Actinopteri | |
Clupeidae indet. Cuvier 1817 herring |