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Aoki

FormationAoki
Member(s)Semni
Age:13.8 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
IntervalSerravallian
Lithologyshale
Number of Collections3
Number of Occurrences13

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
ShigamuraHigashichikuma District, Nagano Prefecture, JapanAoki
Kashiwa-zawaNagano Prefecture, JapanAoki
DodairaAoki
OgawaNagano Prefecture, JapanAoki - Semni

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Aoki - Semni11.6 - 5.33 Ma
Miocene
1
Bessho16.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
shale4

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Allodesmus sinanoensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Phocidae : Allodesmus : Allodesmus sinanoensis13.82 - 11.62 Ma
Miocene
Pinnipedia
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Pinnipedia15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Balaenidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Balaenidae11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Cetacea
order
4Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea13.82 - 11.62 Ma
Miocene
Anadara sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Anadara13.82 - 11.62 Ma
Miocene
Glycymeris sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Glycymerididae : Glycymeris13.82 - 11.62 Ma
Miocene
Lucinoma acutilineata
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Lucinoma : Lucinoma acutilineata13.82 - 11.62 Ma
Miocene
Dosinia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Dosinia13.82 - 11.62 Ma
Miocene
Macrocallista sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Macrocallista13.82 - 11.62 Ma
Miocene
Buccinum sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Buccinum13.82 - 11.62 Ma
Miocene
Chrysodomus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Chrysodomus13.82 - 11.62 Ma
Miocene
Nassarius sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Nassariidae : Nassarius13.82 - 11.62 Ma
Miocene

References

Nagao T. (1941) An occurrence of a fossil sea lion in the Miocene deposits of Sinano, Japan, Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Imperial University. Series 4, Geology and Mineralogy 6 2, 75-84
Barnes L. G., Hirota K. (1995) Miocene pinnipeds of the otariid subfamily Allodesminae in the North Pacific Ocean: Systematics and relationships, The Island Arc 3, 329-360
Hasegawa Y. (2007) Note on a large baculum from the Aoki Formation of Middle Miocene age, Matusmoto, central Japan 11, 37-42
Kimura T. (2009) Review of the fossil balaenids from Japan with a re-description of Eubalaena shinshuensis (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti), Quaderni del Museo di Storia Naturale di Livorno 22, 3-21
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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