Choshi amber, Inubouzaki (Cretaceous of Japan)

Where: Chiba, Japan (35.7° N, 140.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 143.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Inubouzaki Formation (Choshi Group), Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified amber

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

Collection methods: Repository: Natural History Museum and Institute of Chiba

Primary reference: I. Fujiyama. 1994. Two parasitic wasps from Aptian (Lower Cretaceous) Choshi amber, Chiba, Japan. Natural History Research 3:1-5 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 157033: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.06.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Sclerogibbidae
Chosia yamadai n. gen. n. sp.
Chosia yamadai n. gen. n. sp. Fujiyama 1994 sclerogibbid wasp
CBM-PI 000001