Omuta (Loc. 37): Eocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Striatolamia sp. Glikman 1964
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharodon angustidens (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus sp. Rafinesque 1810
Carcharodon nodai Yabumoto 1989
Carcharodon auriculatus (Blainville 1818)
Lamna sp. Cuvier 1816
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
? Hemifusus sp. Swainson 1840
Nagao 1928
spelled with current rank as Volema (Hemifusus)
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Fukuoka County:Ōmuta
Coordinates: 33.6° North, 130.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.0° North, 124.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2-3
Key time interval:Eocene
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kattachi
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 Yabumoto 1989
Metadata
Database number:161438
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo, M. Uhen Enterer:C. Pimiento, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen
Created:2014-09-05 11:35:51 Last modified:2019-08-06 15:55:38
Access level:the public Released:2014-09-05 11:35:51
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]

Secondary references:

61622 T. Nagao. 1928. Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part I. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 9(3):97-128 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]