Tagaura: Middle Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatus sp. (Cuvier 1816)
1 specimen
original and current combination Myliobatis
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
? Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Odontaspis macrotus (Agassiz 1838)
1 specimen
original and current combination Otodus macrotus
Mammalia - Cetacea
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762
1 specimen
Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
? Zalophus sp. Gill 1866
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Shimane County:Tagaura
Coordinates: 34.9° North, 132.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.3° North, 129.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Middle Miocene
Age range of interval:15.97000 - 11.60800 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Karakane
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,coarse sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: fine to caorse 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:52020
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-07-12 07:09:56 Last modified:2018-11-24 12:43:55
Access level:the public Released:2005-07-12 07:09:56
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]