Yugasima: Early Miocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Pomacentridae
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Izuus nakamurai n. gen., n. sp.
Tokunaga and Saito 1938
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Tokunaga and Saito 1938 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Shizuoka |
| Coordinates: | 34.9° North, 138.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.0° North, 136.1° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.04 - 15.98 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | tuffaceous,green sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: green tuffaceous sandstone | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 186984 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-07-10 15:05:36 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-07-10 15:05:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 62722. | D. R. Bellwood and L. Sorbini. 1996. A review of the fossil record of the Pomacentridae (Teleostei: Labroidei) with a description of a new genus and species from the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 117:159-174 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 62758 | S. Tokunaga and K. Saito. 1938. A fossil pomacentrid fish from the Miocene of Izu, Japan. Japanese Journal of Geology and Geography 15:83-86 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |