Shiobara hot springs (Pleistocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (37.0° N, 139.8° E: paleocoordinates 37.0° N, 139.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Miyajima Formation (Shiobara Group), Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: crater lake; lithified mudstone

• Caldera-fill lake

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: not stated

Primary reference: N. Naora. 1933. Fossils of a pentatomid and a species of Machilis. Entomological World 1:570-572 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 162749: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.10.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Archaeognatha - Machilidae
Machilis shiobarensis n. sp. Naora 1933 jumping bristletail
 Hemiptera - Pentatomidae
"Eusarcoris shimozukensis n. sp." = Eysarcoris
"Eusarcoris shimozukensis n. sp." = Eysarcoris stink bug