Kashima-gun (Loc. 7): Middle Miocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Squatinidae
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Squatina sp.
Dumeril 1806
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Chondrichthyes
- Squalidae
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Squalus serriculus
Jordan and Hanibal 1923
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Carcharhinus priscus
Agassiz 1843
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Carcharhinus egertoni
Agassiz 1843
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Scyliorhinidae
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Scyliorhinus kasenoi
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Eugomphodus cuspidatus
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| synonym of Carcharias | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Parotodus benedeni
(Le Hon 1871)
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Carcharocles megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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| recombined as Otodus megalodon | ||||||||||
| One fragmental tooth specimen (KUE1286) | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus planus
(Agassiz 1856)
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Isurus desori
Sismonda 1849
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Isurus hastalis
(Agassiz 1838)
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| recombined as Carcharodon hastalis | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
- Pristiophoridae
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Pristiophorus sp.
Bleeker 1859
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Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
- Hexanchidae
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Hexanchus gigas
(Sismonda 1857)
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Hokuriku |
| Coordinates: | 37.1° North, 137.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.8° North, 135.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
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
| Formation: | Suso |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine sandstone |
| Lithology description: Fine-grained sandstone | |
| 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 |
| Collection method comments: The described specimens are reposited at the Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 161496 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | C. Pimiento |
| Created: | 2014-09-06 21:19:36 | Last modified: | 2014-09-06 21:19:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-09-06 21:19:36 |
| 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] |