Shizukuishi, Iwate Prefecture: Late Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Blattodea
1 specimen
NSM-PA12212 (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 39.7° North, 140.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.4° North, 139.2° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Miocene
Age range of interval: 11.63 - 5.333 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Masuzawa
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:volcaniclastic lithified "siliciclastic"
Environment:lacustrine indet. Tectonic setting:back-arc basin
Geology comments: "Lacustrine deposits, composed of mostly pyroclastic rocks"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: National Science Museum, Tokyo
Metadata
Database number:152332
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2013-11-17 19:04:08 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2013-11-17 19:04:08
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

49024. I. Fujiyama. 1983. Neogene termites from northeastern districts of Japan, with references to the occurrence of fossil insects in the districts. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 16:83-97 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]