Choshi amber, Inubouzaki: Early Aptian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Sclerogibbidae
1 specimen
CBM-PI 000001 (2 measurements)
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Chiba
Coordinates: 35.7° North, 140.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.8° North, 149.8° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Barremian
Key time interval: Early Aptian
Age range of interval: 121.4 - 119.57 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Choshi Formation:Inubouzaki
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified amber
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,soft parts,original chitin,amber
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Natural History Museum and Institute of Chiba
Metadata
Database number:157033
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2014-06-04 20:45:58 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2014-06-04 20:45:58
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

51472. I. Fujiyama. 1994. Two parasitic wasps from Aptian (Lower Cretaceous) Choshi amber, Chiba, Japan. Natural History Research 3:1-5 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]