Kaijima Island: Chattian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Suliformes
- Plotopteridae
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Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Fukuoka |
| Coordinates: | 33.9° North, 130.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.0° North, 127.9° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Chattian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 27.3 - 23.04 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | shoreface |
| Geology comments: outer shelf to shoreface, strong tidal changes | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 216276 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-12-09 18:05:16 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-12-09 18:05:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 74699. | T. Ohashi and Y. Hasegawa. 2020. New Species of Plotopteridae (Aves) from the Oligocene Ashiya Group of Northern Kyushu, Japan. Paleontological Research 24(4):285-297 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |