Motobu-cho, Okinawa Island, Nakijin formation: Carnian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
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Geography
| Country: | Japan | County: | Okinawa-ken |
| Coordinates: | 26.7° North, 127.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late Triassic |
| Stage: | Carnian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Carnian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 237 - 227.3 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Nakijin | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: upper member of the Nakijin formation, upper Carnian (Late Triassic) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 133507 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | P. Vazquez | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-09-14 08:28:50 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-09-14 08:28:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42990. | M. Goto. 1994. Palaeozoic and early Mesozoic fish faunas of the Japanese Islands. The Island Arc 3(1994):247-254 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez] |