Osaka, locality B: Pleistocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 34.6° North, 135.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.2° North, 133.8° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 0.0117 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,blue muddy sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 234381 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2024-04-10 09:23:05 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2024-04-10 09:23:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 88619. | T. Yamaguchi. 1980. A new species belonging to the Balanus amphitrite Darwin Group (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha) from the Late Pleistocene of Japan; An example of peripheral speciation. Journal of Paleontology 54(5):1084-1101 [J. Carrillo/K. Pino/M. Clapham] |