Kimachi: Langhian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paleoparadoxiidae
Paleoparadoxia sp. Reinhart 1959
1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus desori Sismonda 1849
Kuga 1985
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 35.4° North, 133.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.1° North, 130.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Langhian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Langhian
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kimachi
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:171621
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-07-14 16:58:39 Last modified:2015-07-14 16:58:39
Access level:the public Released:2015-07-14 16:58:39
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

55805. M. Okubo, K. Takayasu, and K. Hirota. 1980. New find of Paleoparadoxia form the KImachi Formation, Southwest Japan. Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) 34:350-353 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

61545 N. Kuga. 1985. Revision of Neogene Mackerel Shark of Genus Isurus from Japan. Memoirs of the Faculty of Sciencem Kyoto University, Series of Geology & Mineralogy 51(1&2):1-20 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]