Gifu (Loc. 24) (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Gifu, Japan (35.5° N, 136.9° E: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 134.4° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Mizunami Group, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. Yabumoto and T. Uyeno. 1994. Late Mesozoic and Cenozoic fish faunas of Japan. The Island Arc 3:255-269 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 161445: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 05.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Authors cite ltoigawa et al. 1985
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Manta sp. Bancroft 1829 manta
Mobula sp. Rafinesque 1810 devil ray
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray
 Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
"Aetobatis sp." = Aetobatus
"Aetobatis sp." = Aetobatus Blainville 1816 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis nipponensis whiptail stingray
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark
 Squaliformes - Dalatiidae
Dalatias licha Bonnaterre 1788 shark
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
Squalus sp. Linnaeus 1758 dogfish shark
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Heptranchias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sevengill shark
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810 sixgill shark
 Hexanchiformes - Chlamydoselachidae
Chlamydoselachus sp. Garman 1884 elasmobranch
 Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus sp. Bleeker 1859 saw shark
 Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837 wedgefish
 Rajiformes - Rajidae
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758 skate
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Galeus sp. Schaeffer 1760 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Negaprion kraussi lemon shark
Carcharhinus eggertoni requiem shark
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810 hammerhead shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis volax, "Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus
Odontaspis volax sand tiger shark
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Pseudocarchariidae
Pseudocarcharias sp. Cadenat 1963 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
"Odontaspis acutissima" = Carcharias acutissimus
"Odontaspis acutissima" = Carcharias acutissimus Agassiz 1843 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
Isurus paucus Guitart-Manday 1966 mackerel shark
Isurus desori Sismonda 1849 mackerel shark
Isurus retroflexus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias sp. Rafinesque 1810 thresher shark
Alopias latidens Leriche 1909 thresher shark
Alopias exigua Probst 1879 thresher shark
 Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae
Cetorhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 basking shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Isurus benedeni" = Parotodus benedeni, "Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Isurus benedeni" = Parotodus benedeni Le Hon 1871 mackerel shark
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon