Sawane: Middle Miocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Eosardinella hishinaiensis
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Actinopteri
- Clupeiformes
- Clupeoidei
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Clupeidae indet.
Cuvier 1817
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Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Scorpaenidae
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Sebastes sp.
Cuvier 1829
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Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Hexagrammidae
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Hexagrammidae indet.
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Reptilia
- Columbiformes
- Columbidae
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Columbidae indet.
Illiger 1811
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Sirenia
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? Sirenia indet.
Illiger 1811
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Pinnipedia
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Pinnipedia indet.
Illiger 1811
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Isurus desori
Sismonda 1849
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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 | State/province: | Niigata |
Coordinates: | 38.0° North, 138.3° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 40.7° North, 135.7° 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: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Tsurushi |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 56884 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-11-28 12:55:01 | Last modified: | 2018-11-24 12:48:52 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-11-28 12:55:01 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
15332. | K. Ono and T. Uyeno. 1985. Tertiary vertebrates from Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, Central Japan. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 18:65-72 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |