Amikake: Middle Miocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Clupeiformes
- Clupeidae
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| 1 specimen | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 36.4° North, 138.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.2° North, 135.8° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98 - 11.63 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bessho |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | massive,black "shale" |
| Lithology description: massive black shale | |
| Environment: | marine 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: | 219251 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2021-04-02 15:30:54 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-04-02 15:30:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 76196. | Y. Yabumoto and M. V. Nazarkin. 2018. A new Miocene herring, Clupea macrocephala, from Sakaki Town, Hanishina County, Nagano, Japan. Paleontological Research 22(4):352-363 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |