Kamakuraura (Cretaceous of Japan)

Where: Kagashima, Japan (31.8° N, 129.8° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 126.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Cretaceous (145.0 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Nisiyama. 1968. The echinoid fauna from Japan and adjacent regions, Part II. Paalaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 13:1-480 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 204447: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.09.2019

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
"Plesiaster peini" = Micraster (Plesiaster)
"Plesiaster peini" = Micraster (Plesiaster) heart urchin