Where: Japan (33.4° N, 131.6° E: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 131.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Hirabaru Formation, Chibanian (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• 0.60±0.13 Ma fission-track ages from pumice layer just above fossil unit.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, carbonaceous siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. Hayashi, K. Yahiro, and E. Kitabayashi. 2005. Middle Pleistocene fossil insects from the Hirabaru Formation of Kitsuki City, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 32:227-234 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 165700: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.01.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 beetle | |
Dytiscidae indet. Leach 1815 predaceous diving beetle
Ilybius sp. Erichson 1832 predaceous diving beetle
Dytiscus sp. Linnaeus 1758 predaceous diving beetle | |
Gyrinus sp. Geoffroy 1762 whirligig beetle | |
Carabidae indet., Carabus (Apotomopterus) maacki, Carabus (Ohomopterus) sp., Carabus (Ohomopterus) japonicus, "Pterostichinae indet." = Pterostichini, Oodini indet., Synuchus sp.
Carabidae indet. Latreille 1802 ground beetle
Carabus (Apotomopterus) maacki Morawitz 1862 ground beetle
Carabus (Ohomopterus) sp. Reitter 1896 ground beetle
Carabus (Ohomopterus) japonicus Motschulsky 1857 ground beetle
"Pterostichinae indet." = Pterostichini Bonelli 1810 ground beetle
Oodini indet. Laferte-Senectere 1851 ground beetle
Synuchus sp. Gyllenhal 1810 ground beetle | |
Elateridae indet. Leach 1815 click beetle | |
Chrysomelidae indet., Donaciinae indet., Donacia spp., Donacia flemora, Donacia cf. versicolorea, "Donacia vulgaris" = Donacia (Donaciomima) vulgaris, Donacia (Cyphogaster) sp., Plateumaris sp.
Chrysomelidae indet. Latreille 1802 leaf beetle
Donaciinae indet. Kirby 1837 leaf beetle
Donacia spp. Fabricius 1775 leaf beetle
Donacia flemora Goecke 1944 leaf beetle
Donacia cf. versicolorea Brahm 1790 leaf beetle
"Donacia vulgaris" = Donacia (Donaciomima) vulgaris Zschach 1788 leaf beetle
Donacia (Cyphogaster) sp. Goecke 1934 leaf beetle
Plateumaris sp. Thomson 1859 reed leaf beetle | |
Curculionidae indet. Latreille 1802 snout beetle | |
Scarabaeidae indet. Latreille 1802 scarab beetle
Aphodius sp. Hellwig 1798 scarab beetle
Cetoniinae indet. Leach 1815 flower chafer | |
Staphylinidae indet. Latreille 1802 rove beetle | |
Hydrophilidae indet. Latreille 1802 water scavenger beetle
Coelostoma sp. Brullé 1835 water scavenger beetle
Hydrochara sp. Berthold 1827 water scavenger beetle
Hydrochara libera Sharp 1884 water scavenger beetle
Hydrophilus sp. Geoffroy 1762 water scavenger beetle | |
Lepidoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 moth |