Misato: Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Osteodontornis sp. Howard 1957
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus desori Sismonda 1849
Kuga 1985
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Aichi
Coordinates: 35.1° North, 137.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.7° North, 134.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5-6
Key time interval:Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Ichishi Formation:Oi
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Misatomura
Database number:124786
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-02-24 02:14:38 Last modified:2019-09-05 13:11:11
Access level:the public Released:2012-02-24 02:14:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

40386. H. Matsuoka, Y. Koda, K. Ono and Y. Hasegawa. 2003. Pseudodontorn fossils from Japan, with preliminary observations on the maxilla specimen from the Lower Oligocene Iwaki Formation, Fukushima, Japan. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 7:47-59 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

61545 N. Kuga. 1985. Revision of Neogene Mackerel Shark of Genus Isurus from Japan. Memoirs of the Faculty of Sciencem Kyoto University, Series of Geology & Mineralogy 51(1&2):1-20 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]