Kudo-Shiraseki (Miocene of Japan)
Where: Japan (35.4° N, 132.9° E: paleocoordinates 36.7° N, 131.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Raiji sandstone Member (Fujina Formation), Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• lower part of Fujina Formation
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
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 52009: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.07.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
"Dicrocerus aff. furcatus" = Cosoryx furcatus
"Dicrocerus aff. furcatus" = Cosoryx furcatus Leidy 1869 pronghorn | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon | |
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis, Isurus retroflexus
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
Isurus retroflexus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark |