Nobori 1: Piacenzian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus mollis Tåning 1928
Diaphus chrysorhynchus Gilbert and Cramer 1897
Hygophum proximum Becker 1965
Symbolophorus evermanni (Gilbert 1905)
Ceratoscopelus townsendi (Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1889)
Lampanyctus alatus Goode and Bean 1896
Benthosema pterotum (Alcock 1890)
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Hane
Coordinates: 33.4° North, 134.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.2° North, 133.5° East (Wright 2013)
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:Nobori
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
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
Also known as:NOB-1
Database number:219771
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2021-04-21 10:13:25 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2021-04-21 10:13:25
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]