Maja (Pliocene of Japan)

Also known as SMJ-1

Where: Okinawa, Japan (26.3° N, 123.6° E: paleocoordinates 26.6° N, 123.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Maja Formation (Shimajiri Group), Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandy siltstone

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 202477: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.07.2019

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Portunidae
Thalamita sp. Latreille 1829 swimming crab
Scylla serrata Forskål 1775 swimming crab
 Decapoda - Goneplacidae
Carcinoplax prisca Imaizumi 1961 crab