Mouke Cliff (Pliocene of Japan)

Also known as MYZ-11

Where: Miyazaki, Japan (32.1° N, 131.5° E: paleocoordinates 32.6° N, 130.9° E)

When: Takanabe Formation (Miyazaki Group), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained 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 127699: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 22.05.2012, edited by Mihaela Krause

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Janthinidae
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Corystidae
Padocatactes ujiharai n. sp. Karasawa 1993 crab
 Decapoda - Eucalliacidae
Eucalliax miyazakiensis Karasawa 1993 decapod