Chojabaru-zaki, Iki Island: Langhian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Apidae
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"Apis" sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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= Apis lithohermaea n. sp.
Engel 2006
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Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Formicidae
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Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma) avita n. sp.
Fujiyama 1970
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| recombined as Paraphaenogaster avita | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Orthoptera
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? Terpandrus ikiensis n. sp.
Fujiyama 1970
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Insecta
- Diptera
- Mycetophilidae
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Mycetophilidae indet.
Newman 1834
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Insecta
- Diptera
- Bibionidae
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? Bibio sp.
Geoffroy 1762
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Plecia kanetakii n. sp.
Fujiyama 1970
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Actinopteri
- Gobiiformes
- Odontobutidae
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Odontobutis hayashitokuei n. gen., n. sp.
Yabumoto and Zhang 2023
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Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 33.8° North, 129.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.4° North, 127.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Langhian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Chojabaru |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified diatomite | ||
| Environment: | lacustrine - small | Tectonic setting: | back-arc basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 103101 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham, M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Clapham, C. Hoover |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2011-01-22 15:36:32 | Last modified: | 2014-08-08 18:06:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-01-22 15:36:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34858. | I. Fujiyama. 1970. Fossil insects from the Chojabaru Formation, Iki Island, Japan. Memoires of the Natural Science Museum, Tokyo 3:65-74 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 34857 | M. S. Engel. 2006. A giant honey bee from the middle Miocene of Japan (Hymenoptera: Apidae). American Museum Novitates 3504:1-12 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 86644 | Y. Yabumoto and C. Zhang. 2023. A New Miocene Gobiiform Fish, Odontobutis hayashitokuei from Iki, Nagasaki, Japan. Paleontological Research 24(4):383-395 [M. Uhen/C. Hoover] |