Yamane-Tekko Quarry: Late Oligocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Pleuronectiformes
- Pleuronectidae
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| 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 |
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] |