Kamiitazawa Cliff (Pliocene of Japan)

Also known as KKG-10

Where: Shizuoka, Japan (34.7° N, 138.0° E: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 137.4° E)

When: Hljikata Silt Formation (Kakegawa Group), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; 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 127712: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 22.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Goneplacidae
"Carcinoplax longimanus" = Carcinoplax longimana
"Carcinoplax longimanus" = Carcinoplax longimana de Haan 1833 crab