Database of Japanese fish fossils and revision of divergence times of fish taxa

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26400506
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Stratigraphy/Paleontology
• Research Institution: Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History
• Principal Investigator: YABUMOTO Yoshitaka 北九州市立自然史・歴史博物館, 自然史課, 学芸員 (80359471)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 魚類化石 / 分子系統樹 / 日本

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the present study, five new species are recognized and three species of Sinamiidae, Clupeidae and Cyprinidae are described as a new species from Japan. Other two species, ichthyodectid and sinipercid, will be described as new species. Moreover, scombrid and stichaeid fossils are reported from Japan.
The database, which consist of systematic positions, horizons, ages, titles of original descriptions and abstracts was established based on literatures of fish fossils from Japan and the database shows that more than 70 species of fossil fish have been described from Japan. Divergence times of fish taxa will be revised from analyses of molecular phylogenetic trees with data from the database.

Free Research Field

魚類学