Imobara (Miocene of Japan)

Also known as BIH-1

Where: Okayama, Japan (34.7° N, 133.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 130.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Bihoku Group, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• early middle Miocene; lower Bihou group

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 127702: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 22.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Laomediidae
Laurentiella imaizumii n. sp. Karasawa 1993 decapod
 Decapoda - Varunidae
"Miosesarma japonicum" = Miosesarma japonica
"Miosesarma japonicum" = Miosesarma japonica Karasawa 1989 crab
 Decapoda - Leucosiidae
Philyra plana Karasawa 1989 crab
 Decapoda - Callianassidae
"Callianassa nishikawai n. sp." = Neocallichirus nishikawai
"Callianassa nishikawai n. sp." = Neocallichirus nishikawai Karasawa 1993 decapod