Kyushu Insular Carnivores: Middle Pleistocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 32.7° North, 131.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.774 - 0.129 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 215283 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | A. Levy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-11-05 20:14:06 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-11-05 20:14:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 74268. | G. A. Lyras, A. A. E. van der Geer, and L. Rook. 2010. Body size of insular carnivores: evidence from the fossil record. Journal of Biogeography 37(6):1007-2021 [M. Uhen/A. Levy] |