Tokyo Formation (Takinogawa): Middle Pleistocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Clupeiformes - Engraulidae
Engraulis cf. japonica (Temminck and Schlegel 1846)
Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Conger spp. Schaeffer 1760
Osteichthyes - Sillaginidae
Sillago sp. Cuvier 1817
Osteichthyes - Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Saitama Prefecture
Coordinates: 35.7° North, 139.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Chibanian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval: 0.774 - 0.129 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tokyo
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:279925
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:S. Tone
Modifier:S. Tone
Created:2026-07-30 16:05:48 Last modified:2026-08-07 17:55:50
Access level:the public Released:0000-00-00 00:00:00
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Reference information

Primary reference:
95724. N. Aoki. 1968. 541. Some Pleistocene fish-otoliths from the Boso and Miura peninsulas. Transactions and proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan. New series 1968(71):296-307 [M. Uhen/S. Tone]