Sawane: Middle Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Eosardinella hishinaiensis
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columbidae indet. Illiger 1811
Mammalia - Sirenia - Sirenia
? Sirenia indet. Illiger 1811
Mammalia - Carnivora - Pinnipedia
Pinnipedia indet. Illiger 1811
Mammalia - Cetacea
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Scorpaenidae
Sebastes sp. Cuvier 1829
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Hexagrammidae
Hexagrammidae indet.
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Clupeidae indet. Cuvier 1817
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharodon megalodon (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Otodus megalodon
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus sp. Rafinesque 1810
Isurus desori Sismonda 1849
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Niigata
Coordinates: 38.0° North, 138.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.7° North, 135.7° 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
Formation:Tsurushi
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:56884
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-11-28 12:55:01 Last modified:2018-11-24 12:48:52
Access level:the public Released:2005-11-28 12:55:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
15332. K. Ono and T. Uyeno. 1985. Tertiary vertebrates from Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, Central Japan. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 18:65-72 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]