Locality 2, Oyamamachi, Hito, Oita Prefecture (Pleistocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (33.2° N, 131.0° E: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 130.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oyama Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified peat

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Hayashi, K. Yahiro, and E. Kitabayashi. 2004. Early Pleistocene fossil insects from the Oyama Formation at Oyama-machi, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 31:69-72 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165712: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.01.2015

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Dicondylia -
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 beetle
 Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Donaciinae indet. Kirby 1837 leaf beetle
Donacia (Donaciomima) "sp. B" Medvedev 1973 leaf beetle
Plateumaris sp. Thomson 1859 reed leaf beetle