Kojima: Pleistocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Diplothrix legata
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Tokudaia osimensis
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Clemmys sp.
Ritgen 1828
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= Emydinae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Alroy 2007 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Manouria oyamai
Takahashi et al. 2003
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| ESK-6132, a partial nuchal plate | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Geoemyda amamiensis n. sp.
Takahashi et al. 2007
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Takahashi et al. 2007 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus astylodon
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120 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Pentalagus furnessi
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Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Ryukyu Islands | County: | Tokuno island |
| Coordinates: | 27.5° North, 129.0° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.6° North, 128.9° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Altitude: | 70 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | yellow lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Hard yellowish travertine | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,chemical,mechanical,acetic,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 48721 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Clyde, J. Alroy, E. Vlachos, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | W. Clyde, E. Vlachos, J. Alroy, P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | W. Clyde | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-03-29 14:23:59 | Last modified: | 2005-04-01 09:29:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-29 14:23:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12995. | 5% 11380 | H. Otsuka. 1990. Fossil deer from the Tokuno island, Ryukyu Islands, Southwest Japan. Journal of National Museum of Science (Japan) 23:185-196 [W. Clyde/W. Clyde/S. Bruning] |
Secondary references:
| 24970 | J. A. Holman and U. Fritz. 2001. A new emydine species from the Medial Miocene (Barstovian) of Nebraska, USA with a new generic arrangement for the species of Clemmys sensu McDowell (1964) (Reptilia: Testudines: Emydidae). Zoologische Abhandlungen: Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 51(19):321-343 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 70719 | A. Takahashi, T. Kato, and H. Ota. 2007. A new species of the genus Geoemyda (Chelonii: Geoemydidae) from the upper Pleistocene of Tokunoshima Island, the Central Ryukyus, Japan. Current Herpetology 26(1):1-11 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
| 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] |