Also known as Shimonoseki
Where: Yamaguchi, Japan (34.0° N, 131.0° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 127.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Orio Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• Orio Sandstone Bed
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. L. Olson and Y. Hasegawa. 1996. A new genus and two new species of gigantic Plotopteridae from Japan (Aves: Pelecaniformes). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(4):742-751 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 127382: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.05.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon1
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon1 Agassiz 1835 megalodon Based on age, most likely another Carcharocles species
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