Hongohigashi (Pleistocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (34.8° N, 137.0° E: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 136.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Dainichi Formation, Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

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 219781: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.04.2021

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Symbolophorus sp. Bolin and Wisner 1959 lanternfish
Symbolophorus californiensis Eignemann and Eignemann 1889 lanternfish
Diaphus dainichiensis Ohe 1981 lanternfish
Diaphus perspicillatus Ogilby 1898 lanternfish
Diaphus problematicus Parr 1928 lanternfish
Diaphus kuroshio Kawaguchi and Nafpaktitis 1978 lanternfish
Diaphus kakegawaensis n. sp. Schwarzhans and Ohe 2019 lanternfish
Hygophum proximum Becker 1965 lanternfish
Notoscopelus kuboensis Ohe and Araki 1973 lanternfish