Umagami Cliff (Oligocene of Japan)
Also known as KSM-3
Where: Saga, Japan (33.2° N, 130.1° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 126.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Kishima Formation (Kishima Group), Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• early Oligocene
Environment/lithology: marine; sandy mudstone
• sandy mudstone
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 202441: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.07.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca | |
Ctenocheles sukakui decapod | |
Euphylax sp. Stimpson 1862 swimming crab | |
Collinsius simplex Karasawa 1993 crab |