Shiriya, Locality 4: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Palaeoloxodon naumanni
Makiyama 1924
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Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Aomori |
| Coordinates: | 41.4° North, 141.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.4° North, 141.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | fissure fill |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 195046 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-07-13 15:47:40 | Last modified: | 2018-07-13 15:47:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-07-13 15:47:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34644. | Y. Hasegawa, Y. Tomida, N. Kohno, K. Ono, H. Nokariya and T. Uyeno. 1988. Quaternary vertebrates from Shiriya area, Shimokita Pininsula, northeastern Japan. Memoirs of the National Science Museum 21:17-36 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |