Ainoshima Island: Rupelian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Suliformes
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Suliformes indet.
Sharpe 1891
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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 |
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] |