Locality 1B, Shimogose, Yoshimatsu-cho (Pleistocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (32.0° N, 130.7° E: paleocoordinates 32.0° N, 130.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mizozono Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; poorly lithified peat

• Swamp with sedges, interspersed with areas of still water accompanied with emergent and floating-leaved plants.
• Peaty silt and peat

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original chitin

Primary reference: M. Hayashi, K. Yahiro, and E. Kitabayashi. 2002. Late Pleistocene insects from the Mizozono Formation in Yoshimatsu-cho, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 29:161-168 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 166083: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.02.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
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Insecta indet.
Insecta indet. Linnaeus 1758 insect
 Diptera - Chironomidae
Chironomidae indet.
Chironomidae indet. Macquart 1838 non biting midge
 Dicondylia -
Coleoptera indet.
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 beetle
 Coleoptera - Histeridae
Hister simplicisternus
Hister simplicisternus Lewis 1879 clown beetle
 Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Scarabaeidae indet., Aphodius sp., Mimela testaceipes, Onthophagus sp.
Scarabaeidae indet. Latreille 1802 scarab beetle
Aphodius sp. Hellwig 1798 scarab beetle
Mimela testaceipes Motschulsky 1860 scarab beetle
Onthophagus sp. Latreille 1802 scarab beetle
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Staphylinidae indet., "Eusilpha japonica" = Necrophila (Eusilpha) japonica
Staphylinidae indet. Latreille 1802 rove beetle
"Eusilpha japonica" = Necrophila (Eusilpha) japonica Motschulsky 1862 rove beetle
 Coleoptera - Elateridae
Elateridae indet.
Elateridae indet. Leach 1815 click beetle
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Curculionidae indet.
Curculionidae indet. Latreille 1802 snout beetle
 Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Chrysomelidae indet., Criocerinae indet.
Chrysomelidae indet. Latreille 1802 leaf beetle
Criocerinae indet. Latreille 1804 leaf beetle
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
Carabidae indet.
Carabidae indet. Latreille 1802 ground beetle
 Hemiptera -
Heteroptera indet.
Heteroptera indet. Latreille 1810 true bug