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Omuta , Iizuka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Mindat.org Locality PageIizuka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Lat/Long (Decimal)33.6,130.583
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on political unit
Given LocationFukuoka, Japan
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Iizuka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Omuta (Loc. 37)Yabumoto Y., Uyeno T. (1994)Kattachinot reported56 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Yotsuyama MineNagao T. (1928)Mandanot reported56 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Carcharodon auriculatus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Lamnidae : Carcharodon : Carcharodon auriculatus56 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Carcharodon nodai
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Lamnidae : Carcharodon : Carcharodon nodai56 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Isurus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Lamnidae : Isurus56 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Lamna sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Lamnidae : Lamna56 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Striatolamia sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Mitsukurinidae : Striatolamia56 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Otodontidae : Otodus : Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens56 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Sycum (Bulbifusus) miikense
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Fasciolariidae : Mazzalina : Sycum (Bulbifusus) miikense56 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Volema (Hemifusus) sp.
subgenus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Melongenidae : Volema : Volema (Hemifusus)56 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

References

Nagao T. (1928) Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part I, Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 9 3, 97-128
Yabumoto Y., Uyeno T. (1994) Late Mesozoic and Cenozoic fish faunas of Japan, The Island Arc 3, 255-269
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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