Locality 2, Shimojin, Mashiki-machi: Middle Pleistocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Coleoptera
50 specimens
Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
7 specimens
1 specimen
1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
4 specimens
Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
6 specimens
1 specimen
Plateumaris sp. Thomson 1859
1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Geotrupidae
1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Kumamoto
Coordinates: 32.8° North, 130.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Chibanian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval: 0.774 - 0.129 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tsumori
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified siltstone
Environment:lacustrine indet. Tectonic setting:intramontane basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original chitin
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:165715
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2015-01-27 00:12:01 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2015-01-27 00:12:01
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
54167. M. Hayashi, K. Yahiro, N. Kitamura and E. Kitabayashi. 2004. Middle Pleistocene fossil insects from the Tsumori Formation of Mashiki-machi，Kumamoto Prefecture，Japan (Part 2). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 31:63-67 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]