Uruma (Pliocene of Japan)
Where: Japan (26.4° N, 127.9° E: paleocoordinates 26.6° N, 127.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: PL5 foram zone, Shinzato Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; mudstone
• clastic dominated sediments deposited at a water depth of 250 to 1000 m
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: W. Schwarzhans and F. Ohe. 2019. Lanternfish otoliths (Teleostei, Myctophidae) from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Japan. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 125(2):355-400 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 219768: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.04.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Ceratoscopelus townsendi Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1889 lanternfish
Benthosema pterotum Alcock 1890 lanternfish
Benthosema fibulatum Gilbert and Cramer 1897 lanternfish | |