Tsunozu: Late/Upper Pliocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Stegodon elephantoides
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2 specimens | ||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus (Deperetia) cf. praeonipponicus
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1 specimen | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Japan | State/province: | Shimane | County: | Tsunozu |
Coordinates: | 35.3° North, 132.2° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.7° North, 131.6° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pliocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Tsunozu |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | coarse sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: coarse grains of sandstone | |
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: | 52018 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-07-12 07:02:00 | Last modified: | 2018-11-24 12:43:13 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-07-12 07:02:00 |
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] |