Fugeshi-gun (Loc. 4): Langhian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Eugomphodus acutissima
synonym of Carcharias
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843
Carcharhinus egertoni Agassiz 1843
Chondrichthyes - Squalidae
Squalus seniculus
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Hokuriku
Coordinates: 37.3° North, 137.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.2° North, 134.4° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Langhian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Langhian
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Higashi-innai
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Early Middle Miocene Higashi-innai Formation, N. 8 of Blow's scale.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: Coarse-grained sandstone
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: The described specimens are reposited at the Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University.
Metadata
Database number:161493
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:C. Pimiento
Modifier:C. Pimiento
Created:2014-09-06 21:00:37 Last modified:2014-09-06 21:01:28
Access level:the public Released:2014-09-06 21:00:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
52618. H. Karasawa. 1989. Late Cenozoic Elasmobranchs from the Hokuriku district, central Japan. The Science reports of the Kanazawa University 34(1):1-57 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]