Senhata Formation
Late Miocene,
Chiba Prefecture, Japan
ver. 4.1
Back & Forth
| Kyonan, Chiba prefecture is one of the most famous locality in Japan. The horizon of the site is situated in the east-west direction, more than 2 Km in length, 1to 2 m in width and probably more than 10 m in depth, and occures vertically. Most of the fossil producing site occures in a low range of wooded hills. Near from this site, we can see a beautiful sea in the east direction. The site yields a variety of shark teeth and other remains such as elephant fish, whales, shells and sea urchins. |
| Hexanchus griseus/nakamurai |
| Squalus sp. |
| Dalatias lica |
| Squatina sp. |
| Odontaspis sp., Carcharias sp. |
| Isurus hastalis |
| Isurus oxyrinchus / paucus |
| Isurus sp. |
| Parotodus benedenii |
| Carcharocles megalodon |
| Scyliorhinus sp. |
| Hemipristis serra/elongatus |
| Triakid or Hemigaleid |
| Carcharhinus |
| Sphyrna sp. |
| Lamnid |
| Ischyodus dolloi Leriche, 1902 |
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