Awa: Late Pleistocene, Japan
collected by Choukei Kishaba
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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| ESK-6139, humerus shaft | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Okinawa |
| Coordinates: | 26.6° North, 128.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | |||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.129 - 0.0117 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Ryukyu |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | fissure fill |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,chemical,mechanical,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Choukei Kishaba |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Motobu town | ||
| Database number: | 191059 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2018-01-06 17:55:46 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-01-06 17:55:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 64406. | A. Takahashi, H. Otsuka, and R. Hirayama. 2003. A new species of Manouria (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Paleontological Research 7(3):195-217 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |