Zukawa (Pleistocene of Japan)

Also known as ZKW-1

Where: Toyama, Japan (35.8° N, 137.0° E: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 136.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Zukawa Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous sandstone

• Calcareous sandstone

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 202459: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.07.2019

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Macrophthalmidae