Akigawa River: Late/Upper Pliocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Stegodon miensis
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 35.7° North, 139.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.2° North, 138.7° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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: | Kasumi |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| 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: | 53828 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | K. Maguire |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-09-14 12:04:21 | Last modified: | 2008-11-20 16:47:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-09-14 12:04:21 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28532. | H. Taru and Y. Hasegawa. 2002. The Plio-Pleistocene fossil mammals from the Kasumi and Tama Hills. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 38:43-56 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |