Kuzuu cave deposits: Pleistocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Clemmys yabei n. sp.
Shikama 1949
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| recombined as Mauremys yabei | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Tochigi |
| Coordinates: | 36.4° North, 139.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.6° North, 139.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 198612 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Dunhill | Enterer: | B. Allen |
| Modifier: | B. Allen | ||
| Created: | 2018-12-28 08:02:46 | Last modified: | 2018-12-28 08:04:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-12-28 08:02:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 67639. | R. Hirayama, N. Kaneko, and H. Okazaki. 2007. Ocadia nipponica, a new species of aquatic turtle (Testudines: Testudinoidea: Geoemydidae) from the Middle Pleistocene of Chiba Prefecture, central Japan. Paleontological Research 11(1):1-19 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] |