Where: Japan (35.5° N, 134.3° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 131.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Fuganji Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected by M. Ota, Y. Okazaki in 31, 1980
Primary reference: K. Ueda. 1989. A Miocene fossil of long-armed scarabaeid beetle from Tottori, Japan. Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History 9:105-110 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123353: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Cheirotonus otai n. sp.
Cheirotonus otai n. sp. Ueda 1989 scarab beetle |