Site 2, Sugiyama River (Cretaceous of Japan)

Where: Japan (36.1° N, 136.5° E: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 137.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kitadani Formation (Tetori Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum

Primary reference: N. Oyama, H. Yukawa, and T. Imai. 2022. New cockroach assemblage from the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation, Fukui, Japan. Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaeozoology - Stratigraphy 321:37-52 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 233241: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.01.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae
Praeblattella arcuata n. sp. Oyama et al. 2022 cockroach
FPDM-I-1553