Kanazawa City (Loc. 12): Serravallian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Carcharhinus priscus
Agassiz 1843
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharocles megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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| recombined as Otodus megalodon | ||||||||||
| One upper anterior tooth specimen (KUE0034) and one lower anterior tooth specimen (KUE0035) | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus hastalis
(Agassiz 1838)
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| recombined as Carcharodon hastalis | ||||||||||
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Isurus planus
(Agassiz 1856)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Kotorapecten kagamianus
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Mizuhopecten kimurai
(Yokoyama 1925)
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Hokuriku |
| Coordinates: | 36.7° North, 136.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.1° North, 134.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
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 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kurahara | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: CN5a of Calcareous Nannoplankton Zone by Okada and Bukry (Tsubouchi MS). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: Andesitic 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: | 161501 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | C. Pimiento |
| Created: | 2014-09-06 21:57:16 | Last modified: | 2014-09-06 21:57:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-09-06 21:57:16 |
| 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] |