Where: Japan (38.6° N, 140.6° E: paleocoordinates 41.1° N, 138.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kaminohata Member (Ginzan Formation), Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
• Formation is upper Middle Miocene, according to Kurihara (2010).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Tohoku University
Primary reference: R. Imaizumi. 1965. Miocene Macrocheira from Japan. Researches on Crustacea 2:27-36 [C. Schweitzer/L. Baltzly/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 169967: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Lerin Baltzly on 07.06.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Macrocheira ginzanensis n. sp.
Macrocheira ginzanensis n. sp. Imaizumi 1965 spider crab |