Chita (Loc. 26) (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Aichi, Japan (34.8° N, 136.9° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 134.4° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Morozaki Group, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 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 161449: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 05.09.2014, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Authors cite Ohe 1993.
Actinopteri
 Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Polyipnus sp. Günther 1887
cf. Maurolicus muelleri Gmelin 1789 Mueller's pearlside
 Stomiatiformes - Gonostomatidae
Gonostoma sp. Rafinesque 1810
Cyclothone sp. Goode and Bean 1883
 Stomiatiformes - Stomiidae
 Stomiatiformes - Phosichthyidae
Vinciguerria sp. Jordan and Evermann 1895
 Stomiatiformes -
 Argentiniformes - Argentinidae
Nansenia sp. Jordan and Evermann 1896
 Argentiniformes - Microstomatidae
 Aulopiformes - Evermannellidae
? Evermannella sp. Fowler 1901
 Gadiformes - Macrouridae
Macrouridae indet. Jordan and Evermann 1898 grenadiers
Coelorhynchus sp. Agassiz 1843 grenadiers
 Polymixiiformes - Polymixiidae
 Acanthomorphata - Acropomatidae
? Acropoma sp. Owen 1854
 Acanthomorphata - Howellidae
 Perciformes - Scorpaenidae
 Acanthomorphata - Percichthyidae
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
 Scombriformes - Scombrolabracidae
 Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
 Pleuronectiformes -
Clidoderma sp. Bleeker 1862 flatfish
 Pleuronectiformes - Pleuronectidae
 Myctophiformes - Neoscopelidae
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus hataii Ohe and Araki 1973 lanternfish
Lampanyctus niger lanternfish
cf. Lampanyctus regalis Gilbert 1892 lanternfish
Notoscopelus cf. elongatus Costa 1844 lanternfish
Hygophum rotundum Ohe and Araki 1973 lanternfish
Lampadena sp. Goode and Bean 1893 lanternfish
cf. Lampadena urophaos Paxton 1963 lanternfish
? Taaningichthys sp. Bolin 1959 lanternfish
Ceratoscopelus sp. Günther 1864 lanternfish
Symbolophorus sp. Bolin and Wisner 1959 lanternfish
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Sardinops sp. Hubbs 1929 herring
 Notacanthiformes - Halosauridae
Aldrovandia sp. Goode and Bean 1896
 Notacanthiformes - Notacanthidae
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Pterothrissus sp. Hilgendorf 1877 bonefish