Where: Japan (44.8° N, 142.1° E: paleocoordinates 51.1° N, 132.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Inoceramus amakusensis inoceramid zone, Nigorisawa Formation (Yezo Group), Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, nodular siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Yokoi
Primary reference: H. Collins, Y. Kanie, and H. Karasawa. 1993. Late Cretaceous crabs from Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 172:292-310 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 185003: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.04.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Diaulax yokoii n. sp.
Diaulax yokoii n. sp. Collins et al. 1993 crab |