Kukinaga Group 5 (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (30.4° N, 131.0° E: paleocoordinates 31.9° N, 129.0° E)

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: peritidal; sandy siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: H. Karasawa and K. Inoue. 1992. Decapod crustaceans from the Miocene Kukinaga Group, Tanegashima Island, Kyushu, Japan. Tertiary Research 14(2):73-96 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 147812: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 13.07.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Scyllaozawai indet.
Glaessner, 1933
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassa indet. Leach 1814 decapod
Leach, 1814
 Decapoda - Upogebiidae
Upogebia tanegashimensis Karasawa and Inoue 1992 mud shrimp
Karasawa and Inoue, 1992
 Decapoda - Thalassinidae
Thalassina anomala Herbst 1804 decapod
Herbst, 1804
 Decapoda - Calcinidae
Dardanus muelleri Karasawa and Inoue 1992 hermit crab
Karasawa and Inoue, 1992
 Decapoda - Goneplacidae
"Carcinoplax granulimanus" = Carcinoplax granulimana
"Carcinoplax granulimanus" = Carcinoplax granulimana Karasawa and Inoue 1992 crab
Karasawa and Inoue, 1992
 Decapoda - Cancridae
"Cancer sanbonsugii" = Romaleon sanbonsugii
"Cancer sanbonsugii" = Romaleon sanbonsugii Imaizumi 1962 crab
Imaizumi, 1962
 Decapoda - Calappidae
Mursia indet. Leach 1823 box crab
Desmarest, 1823
 Decapoda - Pilumnidae
Actumnus guinotae Karasawa and Inoue 1992 crab
Karasawa and Inoue, 1992
 Decapoda - Leucosiidae
Philyra hayasakai Karasawa and Inoue 1992 crab
Karasawa and Inoue, 1992
 Decapoda - Parthenopidae
Parthenope indet. Weber 1795 crab
Weber, 1795
 Decapoda - Sesarmidae
Halice indet. crab
de Haan, 1835
 Decapoda - Macrophthalmidae
Macrophthalmus viai Karasawa and Inoue 1992 crab
Karasawa and Inoue, 1992