Bise fissure: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Japan
collected by Ki'ichi Maja
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Manouria oyamai
Takahashi et al. 2003
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| ESK-6152, peripheral | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Okinawa |
| Coordinates: | 26.7° North, 127.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.7° North, 127.9° 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: | 23050 ± 70 YBP (14C) |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Ryukyu |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | fissure fill |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,chemical,mechanical,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Ki'ichi Maja |
Metadata
| Database number: | 191060 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2018-01-06 17:58:49 | Last modified: | 2018-01-06 17:58:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-01-06 17:58:49 |
| 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] |