Ainoshima Island: Rupelian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Suliformes
Suliformes indet. Sharpe 1891
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Fukuoka County:Kitakyushu
Coordinates: 34.0° North, 130.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.5° North, 127.6° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Oligocene
Stage: Rupelian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 4
Key time interval: Rupelian
Age range of interval: 33.9 - 27.3 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Ashiya Formation:Yamaga
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine sandstone
Lithology description: fine sandstone marked by cross-stratification, including nodules
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:JA: probably the same as collection 76045 (Kitakyushu)
Metadata
Also known as:Kitakyushu City
Database number:220290
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2021-05-19 10:42:03 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2021-05-19 10:42:03
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

76937. S. Kawabe, Y. Ando, S. Kawano and K. Matsui. 2021. New record of a rostrum of waterbird (Aves, Suliformes) from the Oligocene of Ashiya Group in Ainoshima Island, Kyushu, Japan. Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History Series A 19:35-39 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]