Okinawa-Jima (Loc. 43): Pleistocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Diodon sp.
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus sp. Rafinesque 1810
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Okinawa-Jima
Coordinates: 26.5° North, 127.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.6° North, 127.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 0.01170 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 et al. 1974
Metadata
Database number:161453
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:C. Pimiento
Created:2014-09-05 14:24:22 Last modified:2014-09-05 14:24:22
Access level:the public Released:2014-09-05 14:24:22
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]