Bessho Tazawa fish: Middle Miocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Tetraodontiformes
- Monacanthidae
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| mostly articulated axial skeleton | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 36.2° North, 137.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.9° North, 135.2° East (Wright 2013) |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98 - 11.63 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | silty mudstone |
| Environment: | alluvial fan |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 237490 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | R. Turcios |
| Created: | 2024-12-10 22:34:32 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2024-12-10 22:34:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 90074. | Y. Miyajima, F. Ohe, H. Koike and H. Matsuoka. 2014. First fossil occurrence of a filefish (Tetraodontiformes; Monacanthidae) in Asia, from the Middle Miocene in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. Zootaxa 3786(3):382-400 [M. Uhen/R. Turcios] |