Kudo-Shiraseki: Late/Upper Miocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Dicrocerus aff. furcatus
(Leidy 1869)
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original and current combination Cosoryx furcatus | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus retroflexus
(Agassiz 1838)
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Isurus hastalis
(Agassiz 1838)
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recombined as Carcharodon hastalis | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharodon megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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recombined as Otodus megalodon | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 35.4° North, 132.9° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 36.7° North, 131.3° East |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 11.60800 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Fujina | Member: | Raiji sandstone | ||
Stratigraphy comments: lower part of Fujina Formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 52009 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-07-11 13:39:58 | Last modified: | 2005-07-11 16:39:58 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-07-11 13:39:57 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
13708. | K. Hirota. 1979. A list of vertebrate fossils from the Shimame Prefecture. Fossil Club Bulletin 13:21-27 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |