Choshi amber, Toriakeura: Late Aptian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ismaridae
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]