Gifu (Loc. 24): Middle Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis nipponensis
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatis sp. (Blainville 1816)
original and current combination Aetobatus
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Mobula sp. Rafinesque 1810
Manta sp. Bancroft 1829
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837
Chondrichthyes - Squalidae
Squalus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Chondrichthyes - Dalatiidae
Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre 1788)
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus sp. Bleeker 1859
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Chlamydoselachidae
Chlamydoselachus sp. Garman 1884
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Heptranchias sp. Rafinesque 1810
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Nebrius delfortriei
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus (Agassiz 1835)
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Galeus sp. Schaeffer 1760
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus eggertoni
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Negaprion kraussi
Negaprion acanthodon
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudocarchariidae
Pseudocarcharias sp. Cadenat 1963
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus hastalis (Agassiz 1838)
recombined as Carcharodon hastalis
Isurus retroflexus (Agassiz 1838)
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810
Isurus paucus Guitart-Manday 1966
Isurus desori Sismonda 1849
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Odontaspis acutissima (Agassiz 1843)
recombined as Carcharias acutissimus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae
Cetorhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis volax
Odontaspis cuspidata (Agassiz 1843)
recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias sp. Rafinesque 1810
Alopias latidens Leriche 1909
Alopias exigua (Probst 1879)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharodon megalodon (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Otodus megalodon
Isurus benedeni Le Hon 1871
recombined as Parotodus benedeni
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Gifu
Coordinates: 35.5° North, 136.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.1° North, 134.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Middle Miocene
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Mizunami
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 ltoigawa et al. 1985
Metadata
Database number:161445
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:C. Pimiento
Modifier:M. Uhen
Created:2014-09-05 13:08:14 Last modified:2018-11-24 13:03:24
Access level:the public Released:2014-09-05 13:08:14
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]