Kamikurukubaru fissure: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Japan
collected 1999-2000
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Rallina eurizonoides
(Lafresnaye 1845)
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Matsuoka 2000 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Manouria oyamai n. sp.
Takahashi et al. 2003
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| ESK-6150 (holotype), partial skeleton, including most of the shell and skull; various referred specimens as well | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Okinawa |
| Coordinates: | 26.1° North, 127.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.1° North, 127.8° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 28160 ± 770 to 23050 ± 70 YBP (14C) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | travertine |
| Lithology description: The specimen was collected in a block of calcareous travertine | |
| Environment: | fissure fill |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,chemical,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1999-2000 |
| Collection method comments: use of 3% formic acid for chemical preparation | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Chinen village | ||
| Database number: | 191058 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos, M. Clapham | Enterer: | E. Vlachos, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-01-06 17:46:03 | Last modified: | 2018-05-17 21:52:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-01-06 17:46:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 64406. | A. Takahashi, H. Otsuka, and R. Hirayama. 2003. A new species of Manouria (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Paleontological Research 7(3):195-217 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |
Secondary references:
| 65721 | H. Matsuoka. 2000. The Late Pleistocene fossil birds of the central and southern Ryukyu Islands, and their zoogeographical implications for the Recent avifauna of the archipelago. Tropics 10:165-188 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |