Sawane (Miocene of Japan)
Where: Niigata, Japan (38.0° N, 138.3° E: paleocoordinates 40.7° N, 135.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Tsurushi Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: K. Ono and T. Uyeno. 1985. Tertiary vertebrates from Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, Central Japan. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 18:65-72 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 56884: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Isurus sp. Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
Isurus desori Sismonda 1849 mackerel shark | |
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon | |
Mammalia | |
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale | |
Pinnipedia indet. pinniped | |
? Sirenia indet. sirenian | |
Aves | |
Columbidae indet. Illiger 1811 dove | |
Actinopteri | |
Hexagrammidae indet. perch-like fish | |
Sebastes sp. Cuvier 1829 perch-like fish | |
Clupeidae indet. Cuvier 1817 herring |