Mitsu: Middle Miocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 35.4° North, 133.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.0° North, 130.3° 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
| Stratigraphy comments: clay stone embedded in a calcareous rock layer in the form of lenses |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | calcareous claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: clay stone embedded in a calcareous rock layer in the form of lenses | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 51969 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-07-07 07:46:31 | Last modified: | 2006-08-16 20:05:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-07-07 07:46:30 |
| 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] |