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