Nogami (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Gifu, Japan (35.5° N, 137.1° E: paleocoordinates 39.1° N, 134.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hachiya Formation (Kani Group), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• Nogami volcaniclastic rocks unit, the uppermost unit of the Hachiya Formation. Overlies andesite in Nakakawabe volcaniclastic rocks unit dated at 19.8 Ma.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; tuffaceous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Primary reference: I. Fujiyama and T. Nomura. 1986. Early Miocene insect fauna of the Hachiya Formation, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 13:1-14 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 181074: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.08.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Ephemeroptera - Caenidae
Caenis sp.
Caenis sp. Stephens 1835 mayfly
TNC-IN 1-3-3, 1-5-3, 1-6-4, 1-7-3, 1-8-2, 1-8-3
 Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae
? Ichneumonidae indet.
? Ichneumonidae indet. Latreille 1802 ichneumon wasp
TNC-IN 2-3
 Hymenoptera - Vespidae
Vespidae indet.
Vespidae indet. Latreille 1802 wasp
TNC-IN 1-2-2 - "Vespula (or Polistes) sp."
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
? Camponotus sp., ? Formica "sp. A", ? Formica "sp. B", ? Solenopsis sp.
? Camponotus sp. Mayr 1861 ant
TNC-IN 2-1
? Formica "sp. A" Linnaeus 1758 ant
TNC-IN 2-2, 1-6-3
? Formica "sp. B" Linnaeus 1758 ant
TNC-IN 1-5-1
? Solenopsis sp. Westwood 1840 ant
TNC-IN 2-7
 Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
? Plateumaris sp.
? Plateumaris sp. Thomson 1859 reed leaf beetle
TNC-IN 1-1-1
 Coleoptera - Cerambycidae
Cerambycidae indet.
Cerambycidae indet. Latreille 1802 longhorned beetle
TNC-IN 2-4
 Hemiptera - Pentatomidae
Pentatomidae indet.
Pentatomidae indet. Leach 1815 stink bug
TNC-IN 1-4-2
 Hemiptera - Cercopidae
Cercopidae indet.
Cercopidae indet. Leach 1815 froghopper
TNC-IN 2-1
 Orthoptera - Acrididae
? Patanga sp.
? Patanga sp. Uvarov 1923 spur-throated grasshopper
TNC-IN 2-6
 Orthoptera - Tettigoniidae
Phaneroptera "sp. A", Phaneroptera "sp. B"
Phaneroptera "sp. A" Serville 1831 katydid
TNC-IN 5-2
Phaneroptera "sp. B" Serville 1831 katydid
TNC-IN 2-3
 Diptera - Chironomidae
Chironomidae indet.
Chironomidae indet. Macquart 1838 non biting midge
TNC-IN 1-8-7, 1-7-1