Iwaki, Akaishi Fm.: Messinian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Fukushima |
| Coordinates: | 37.1° North, 140.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.1° North, 139.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Akaishi | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: late late Miocene | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified not reported |
| Environment: | deep-water indet. |
| Geology comments: oxic bottom water conditions, high primary production | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 76004 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | B. Shipps | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-11-08 13:10:54 | Last modified: | 2017-02-26 14:37:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-11-08 13:10:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12148. | M. Oishi and Y. Hasegawa. 1995. A list of fossil cetaceans in Japan. The Island Arc 3:493-505 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |