Northern shore of Toyosawa reservoir: Messinian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Tenebrionidae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| IPMM33846 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 39.5° North, 141.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.2° North, 139.7° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.246 - 5.333 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Isarizawa |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Iwate Prefectural Museum (IPMM) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 228993 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2023-01-27 23:43:35 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-01-27 23:43:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 83780. | M. V. Nabozhenko and T. Tanaka. 2022. Promethis undulatus sp. n. - the first fossil darkling beetle (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Stenochiinae: Cnodalonini) from the late Miocene of Japan. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 18:273-278 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |