Choshi amber, Toriakeura: Late Aptian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Ismaridae
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Cretapria tsukadai n. gen., n. sp.
Fujiyama 1994
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| NSM-PA12923 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Chiba |
| Coordinates: | 35.7° North, 140.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.9° North, 151.9° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 119.57 - 113.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Choshi | Formation: | Toriakeura |
| 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: Department of Paleontology, National Science Museum, Tokyo | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 157034 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2014-06-04 20:48:53 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-06-04 20:48:52 |
| 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] |