Shiobara, Shiobara-machi, Tochigi Prefecture (KYFSI collection): Middle Pleistocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Psephenidae
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Malacopsephenoides japonicus
(Matsuda 1935)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| KYFSI011 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Geotrupidae
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Ceratophyus yatagaii n. sp.
Aiba and Král 2023
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Aiba and Král 2023 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| KYFSI209 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Formicidae
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Camponotus sp.
Mayr 1861
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Takahashi and Aiba 2023 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| KYFSI195, 139 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Vespidae
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Polistes sp.
Latreille 1802
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Takahashi and Aiba 2023 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| KYFSI003 (Vespula sp. in Aiba, 2015) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Tingidae
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Uhlerites sp.
Drake 1927
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Aiba et al. 2021 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| KYSFI042 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 37.0° North, 139.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.0° North, 139.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.774 - 0.129 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified mudstone | ||
| Environment: | crater lake | Tectonic setting: | volcanic basin |
| Geology comments: Caldera-fill lake | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Keio Yochisha Science Museum (KYFSI) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 194482 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2018-06-20 17:16:01 | Last modified: | 2018-06-20 17:16:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-20 17:16:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66056. | M. Hayashi and H. Aiba. 2016. A fossil record of Malacopsephenoides japonicus (Coleoptera, Psephenidae) from the Middle Pleistocene Shiobara Group in Shiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Elytra, New Series 6:301-302 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 87022 | H. Aiba and D. Král. 2023. The first fossil of Ceratophyus (Coleoptera, Geotrupidae) from the Middle Pleistocene Shiobara Group of Nasushiobara City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Paleontological Research 28:265-272 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 78551 | H. Aiba, J. Souma, and S. Maehara. 2021. Discovery of a fossil lace bug (Heteroptera: Tingidae) from Shiobara Group, Tochigi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. Rostria 66:66-71 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 83252 | Y. Takahashi and H. Aiba. 2023. A fossil paper wasp (Vespidae: Polistinae) from the Chibanian (Middle Pleistocene) Shiobara Group in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Paleontological Research 27:205-210 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 86394 | Y. Takahashi and H. Aiba. 2023. Winged formicine ant fossils (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Chibanian (Middle Pleistocene) Shiobara Group, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 129:573-578 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |