Kamiyamaji: Early/Lower Pliocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cyclodorippidae
Tymolus sp. Stimpson 1858
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae
Mursia minuta n. sp. Karasawa 1993
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae
Lupocyclus tuberculosus n. sp. Karasawa 1993
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Leucosiidae
Randallia saitoensis n. sp. Karasawa 1993
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Iphiculidae
Pariphiculus inconditus n. sp. Karasawa 1993
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lyreididae
Lyreidus sp. De Haan 1841
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Miyazaki County:Saito
Coordinates: 32.1° North, 131.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.8° North, 130.6° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Zanclean 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Miyazaki Formation:Kawabara
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandy siltstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:MYZ-7
Database number:127696
Authorizer:C. Schweitzer Enterer:E. Johnson
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:decapod
Created:2012-05-22 04:14:37 Last modified:2019-07-11 12:42:45
Access level:the public Released:2012-05-22 04:14:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
41705.decapod H. Karasawa. 1993. Cenozoic Decapod Crustacea from Southwest Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (20)1-92 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson]