Matuura coal mine: Miocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Geoclemmys matuuraensis n. sp.
Shikama 1956
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Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Nagasaki |
| Coordinates: | 33.3° North, 129.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.8° North, 127.4° East |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 191620 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-02-03 19:33:50 | Last modified: | 2018-02-03 19:33:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-02-03 19:33:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 64624. | T. Shikama. 1956. Miocene Chelonia of Japan. Sci. Rept. Yokohama Nation. Univ 2(5):35-62 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |