Miyanoshita: Middle Miocene, Japan
collected by Iwao Yamana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Osmeriformes - Osmeridae
Uyeno and Sakamoto 1999
Osteichthyes - Clupeiformes - Clupeidae
Sato and Uyeno 1999
Osteichthyes - Pleuronectiformes - Paralichthyidae
Osteichthyes - Leiognathidae
Yabumoto and Uyeno 1994
Osteichthyes - Centrarchiformes - Sinipercidae
Yabumoto and Uyeno 2000
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Tottori County:Kokufu-cho
Coordinates: 35.5° North, 134.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.1° North, 131.9° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Middle Miocene
Age range of interval: 15.98 - 11.63 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Tottori Formation:Iwami
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Iwao Yamana
Collection method comments: reposited at Tottori Prefectural Musuem
Metadata
Database number:190896
Authorizer:P. Holroyd, M. Uhen Enterer:P. Holroyd, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-12-20 20:27:05 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2017-12-20 20:27:05
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
64185. K. Sakamoto and T. Uyeno. 1993. Paralichthys yamanai, a new middle Miocene lefteye flatfish from Tottori, Japan. Bulletin of the Natural Science Museum, Tokyo, Series C 19(1):1-9 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]

Secondary references:

64192 Y. Sato and T. Uyeno. 1999. Sardinella miyanoshitaensis, a new clupeid fish from the middle Miocene Tottori Group, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. Bulletin of the Natural Science Museum, Tokyo, Series C 25(3,4):129-141 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
64191 T. Uyeno and K. Sakamoto. 1999. Spirinchus akagii, a new Miocene smelt from Tottori Prefecture, Japan (Pisces: Osmeriformes, Osmeridae). Bulletin of the Natural Science Museum, Tokyo, Series C 25(3,4):143-150 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
72455 Y. Yabumoto and T. Uyeno. 1994. A new Miocene ponyfish of the genus Leiognathus (Pisces, Leiognathidae) from Tottori Prefecture, Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series C 20(2):67-77 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
64190 Y. Yabumoto and T. Uyeno. 2000. Inabaperca taniurai, a new genus and species of Miocene percoid fish from Tottori Prefecture, Japan. Bulletin of the Natural Science Museum, Tokyo, Series C 26(3.4):93-106 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]