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
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Chondrichthyes
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp.
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark
 Odontaspidida - Alopiidae
Alopias exigua, Alopias sp., Alopias latidens
Alopias exigua thresher shark
Alopias sp. Rafinesque 1810 thresher shark
Alopias latidens Leriche 1909 thresher shark
 Odontaspidida - Carcharodontidae
"Isurus hastalis" = Cosmopolitodus hastalis
"Isurus hastalis" = Cosmopolitodus hastalis Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch
 Plagiostomi - Squalidae
Dalatias licha, "Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon, Squalus sp.
Dalatias licha Bonnaterre 1788 dogfish shark
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1843 megalodon
Squalus sp. Linnaeus 1758 dogfish shark
 Rajiformes - Rajidae
Raja sp.
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758 skate
 Rajiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus sp.
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837 wedgefish
 Myliobatiformes - Mobulidae
Mobula sp., Manta sp.
Mobula sp. Rafinesque 1810 devil ray
Manta sp. Bancroft 1829 manta
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis nipponensis, Dasyatis sp.
Dasyatis nipponensis whiptail stingray
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Rhinopteridae
Rhinoptera sp.
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray
 Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae
Cetorhinus sp.
Cetorhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 basking shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Isurus benedeni" = Parotodus benedeni
"Isurus benedeni" = Parotodus benedeni Le Hon 1871 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Pseudocarchariidae
Pseudocarcharias sp.
Pseudocarcharias sp. Cadenat 1963 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus retroflexus, Isurus paucus, Isurus oxyrinchus, Isurus desori, "Odontaspis cuspidata" = Lamna cuspidata
Isurus retroflexus Agassiz 1843 mako shark
Isurus paucus Guitart-Manday 1966 mako shark
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mako shark
Isurus desori Sismonda 1849 mako shark
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Lamna cuspidata Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis volax, Odontaspis acutissima
Odontaspis volax sand tiger shark
Odontaspis acutissima Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
 Carchariniformes - Carcharhinidae
Negaprion kraussi, Negaprion acanthodon, Galeocerdo aduncus, Carcharhinus eggertoni, Carcharhinus sp.
Negaprion kraussi lemon shark
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1843 tiger shark
Carcharhinus eggertoni requiem shark
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
 Carchariniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna sp.
Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810 hammerhead shark
 Carchariniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Galeus sp.
Galeus sp. Schaeffer 1760 cat shark
 Carchariniformes - Hemigaleidae
"Hemipristis serra" = Hemipristis heteropleurus
"Hemipristis serra" = Hemipristis heteropleurus Agassiz 1844 ground shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Nebrius delfortriei
 Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus sp.
Pristiophorus sp. Bleeker 1859 saw shark
 Hexanchiformes - Chlamydoselachidae
Chlamydoselachus sp.
Chlamydoselachus sp. Garman 1884 elasmobranch
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Heptranchias sp., Hexanchus sp.
Heptranchias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sevengill shark
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810 sixgill shark
Aetobatis
  - Aetobatidae
"Aetobatis sp." = Aetobatus
"Aetobatis sp." = Aetobatus Blainville 1816