Where: Nagasaki, Japan (33.8° N, 129.7° E: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 127.3° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Chojabaru Formation (Iki Group), Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• "Tertiary" per Jordan; middle Miocene in Yabumoto and Sakamato 2010; 15.3 Ma pers. comm. from S. Kimura in Watanabe and Uyeno, 1999 cited by Yabumoto 2020. Not specified if from a single bed or group of beds
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; diatomite
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the CAS
Primary reference: D. S. Jordan. 1919. Description of a new fossil fish from Japan. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 9(9):271-272 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 201879: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 06.06.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Coreoperca maruoi n. sp.2 Yabumoto and Uyeno 2009
Siniperca ikikoku n. sp.1 Yabumoto 2020 | |
Iquius nipponicus n. gen. n. sp.
Iquius nipponicus n. gen. n. sp. Jordan 1919 carp-like fish |