Shizukuishi (Loc. 8) (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Iwate, Japan (39.7° N, 141.2° E: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 138.6° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• Deep sea fishes

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. Yabumoto and T. Uyeno. 1994. Late Mesozoic and Cenozoic fish faunas of Japan. The Island Arc 3:255-269 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 161448: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 05.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Authors cite Sato 1962, 1965, 1966, 1969.
unclassified
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Actinopteri
 Stomiatiformes -
 Argentiniformes - Microstomatidae
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Lampadena nanae lanternfish
Diaphus muraii lanternfish