Yamane-Tekko Quarry: Late Oligocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Pleuronectiformes - Pleuronectidae
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Yamaguchi
Coordinates: 34.4° North, 131.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.5° North, 128.1° East (Wright 2013)
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Oligocene
Stage: Chattian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 4
Key time interval: Late Oligocene
Age range of interval: 27.3 - 23.04 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Hioki Formation:Kiwado
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:190897
Authorizer:P. Holroyd Enterer:P. Holroyd
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-12-20 20:44:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2017-12-20 20:44:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

64187. K. Sakamoto and T. Uyeno. 1997. An Oligocene record of a flatfish from the Kiwado Formation, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Bulletin of the Natural Science Museum, Tokyo, Series C 23(1,2):51-59 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Uhen]