Where: Kumamoto, Japan (32.8° N, 130.9° E: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 130.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tsumori Formation, Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; unlithified siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original chitin

Primary reference: M. Hayashi, K. Yahiro, N. Kitamura and E. Kitabayashi. 2004. Middle Pleistocene fossil insects from the Tsumori Formation of Mashiki-machi，Kumamoto Prefecture，Japan (Part 2). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 31:63-67 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165715: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.01.2015

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