Bise fissure: Late Pleistocene, Japan
collected by Ki'ichi Maja

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Testudines - Testudinidae
ESK-6152, peripheral
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Okinawa
Coordinates: 26.7° North, 127.9° 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
Age estimate: 23050 ± 70 YBP (14C)
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:Ki'ichi Maja
Metadata
Database number:191060
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Vlachos
Created:2018-01-06 17:58:49 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2018-01-06 17:58:49
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]