Wajima City (Loc. 1): Serravallian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Cassidulina subglobosa
Bolivinidae
Bolivina robusta
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides sp. Monfort 1808
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Gloripallium crassivenium (Yokoyama 1929)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinoma acutilineatum (Conrad 1849)
recombined as Lucinoma acutilineata
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Fissidentalium yokokamai
Chondrichthyes - Squalidae
Squalus serriculus Jordan and Hanibal 1923
Chondrichthyes - Dalatiidae
Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre 1788)
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus egatoni
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus desori Sismonda 1849
Isurus planus (Agassiz 1856)
Isurus hastalis (Agassiz 1838)
recombined as Carcharodon hastalis
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis volax
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Parotodus benedeni (Le Hon 1871)
Carcharocles megalodon (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Otodus megalodon
one fragmental tooth specimen (KUE1709)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Eugomphodus acutissima
synonym of Carcharias
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae
Rajidae indet. Blainville 1816
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Linthia sp. Desor 1853
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Hokuriku
Coordinates: 37.4° North, 136.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.8° North, 134.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Serravallian Nannofossil zone: CN5a
Age range of interval:13.82000 - 11.62000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Wajimazaki
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Middle Miocene. CN5a of Calcareous Nannoplankton Zone by Okada and Bukry (Kami et al., 1981).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: calcareous sandstone
Lithology description: Fine-grained calcareous sandstone and medium-grained sandstone
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
Collection method comments: The described specimens are reposited at the Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University.
Metadata
Database number:161489
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:C. Pimiento
Modifier:C. Pimiento
Created:2014-09-06 20:19:53 Last modified:2014-09-06 20:42:04
Access level:the public Released:2014-09-06 20:19:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

52618. H. Karasawa. 1989. Late Cenozoic Elasmobranchs from the Hokuriku district, central Japan. The Science reports of the Kanazawa University 34(1):1-57 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]