Somese Cliff (Miocene of Japan)

Also known as MYZ-1

Where: Miyazaki, Japan (32.0° N, 131.3° E: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 129.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Tano Formation (Miyazaki Group), Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandy siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

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

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 127694: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 22.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Goneplacidae
Carcinoplax prisca Imaizumi 1961 crab