Shiofuki Tunnel: Messinian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Chiba
Coordinates: 35.2° North, 139.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.2° North, 138.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Messinian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Messinian
Age range of interval:7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Senhata
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
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:202923
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-07-23 13:22:13 Last modified:2019-07-23 13:22:45
Access level:the public Released:2019-07-23 13:22:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

61738. H. Yabe and R. Hirayama. 1998. Selachian fauna from the Upper Miocene Senhata Formation, Boso Peninsula, Central Japan. Natural History Research 5:33-61 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]