Miocene crocodilian teeth from the Mizunami group, Central Japan | Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum No. 2

Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum No. 2

Miocene crocodilian teeth from the Mizunami group, Central Japan

Yoshihiko Okazaki

BMFM02-002Okazaki, 1975（PDF 1.67MB）

Okazaki (1975) print-version

Published: 1975/12/25 　 Page: 9–14, pl. 5

Four crocodilian teeth are reported from the Miocene Mizunami group as the oldest ones in Japan. This is the first occurrence of Miocene crocodiles in Northeastern Asia. Teeth are described as ?Crocodylidae, gen.et sp. indet. and a brief historical review of crocodiles in Japan is attempted.