Where: Japan (37.9° N, 140.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.3° N, 138.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Wada Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified, volcaniclastic siliciclastic sediments
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected by Yukio Fujita
• Repository: private collection of Yukio Fujita
Primary reference: I. Fujiyama. 1983. Neogene termites from northeastern districts of Japan, with references to the occurrence of fossil insects in the districts. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 16:83-97 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 152335: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.11.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Rhinotermitidae indet. Froggatt 1897 termite |