Ozatofurugen: Piacenzian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus chrysorhynchus Gilbert and Cramer 1897
Benthosema pterotum (Alcock 1890)
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Okinawa
Coordinates: 26.2° North, 127.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
Stage: Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Piacenzian
Age range of interval: 3.6 - 2.58 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Yonabaru
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:deep subtidal shelf
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:219770
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2021-04-21 10:09:37 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2021-04-21 10:09:37
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
76566. W. Schwarzhans and F. Ohe. 2019. Lanternfish otoliths (Teleostei, Myctophidae) from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Japan. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 125(2):355-400 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]