Zentani: Early Cretaceous, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Testudines
- Sinemydidae
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Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Fukui | County: | Ishitsiru |
| Coordinates: | 35.9° North, 136.7° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.5° North, 145.6° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1-4 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early Cretaceous | ||
| Age range of interval: | 143.1 - 100.5 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Tetori |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection,observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: The specimens used in this paper are all Izumi Folk Museum (abbreviation: OMFJ) and Fukui City Natural History Museum (abbreviation: FCMNH) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 207795 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | ||
| Created: | 2020-02-11 07:49:31 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-02-11 07:49:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 71701. | R. Hirayama and S. Teppei. 2019. Fossil turtles from the Lower Cretaceous Tetori Group in the Kuzuryu area, Ono City, Fukui Prefecture, central Japan. Waseda Global Forum 16:31-49 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |