Hokkaido and Honshu (Loc. 5): Late/Upper Cretaceous, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Notidanoton sp.
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Ptychodontidae
Ptychodus mammilaris
Ptychodus latissimus Agassiz 1835
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Hexanchus microdon (Agassiz 1835)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Anomatodon sp. (Arambourg 1952)
original and current combination Anomotodon
Scapanorhynchus sp. Woodward 1889
Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon (Agassiz 1843)
recombined as Lamna raphiodon
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Eoptolamnidae
Plicatolamna macrorhiza (Cope 1875)
recombined as Leptostyrax macrorhiza
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Cretolamna appendiculata (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Orthacodontidae
Orthacodus longidens (Agassiz 1843)
original and current combination Lamna (Sphenodus) longidens
Orthacodus sp. Woodward 1889
synonym of Sphenodus
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Hokkaido
Coordinates: 43.3° North, 145.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.7° North, 136.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Key time interval:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Age range of interval:100.50000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Authors cite Uyeno 1972; Research Group for Mesozoic Fossil Shark 1977.
Metadata
Database number:161435
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:C. Pimiento
Modifier:C. Pimiento
Created:2014-09-05 11:00:17 Last modified:2014-09-05 11:18:28
Access level:the public Released:2014-09-05 11:00:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

52598. Y. Yabumoto and T. Uyeno. 1994. Late Mesozoic and Cenozoic fish faunas of Japan. The Island Arc 3:255-269 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]