Higashihora (Miocene of Japan)

Also known as Origawa

Where: Japan (35.3° N, 137.4° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 134.9° E)

When: Shukunohara Member (Akeyo Formation), Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Karasawa. 1990. Decapod crustaceans from the Miocene Mizunami Group, central Japan. Part 2. Section Oxyrhyncha, Cancridea and Brachyrhyncha. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 17:1-33 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 207637: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 24.01.2020

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Parthenopidae
Parthenopinae indet. MacLeay 1838 crab
Higashihora
 Decapoda - Cancridae
"Cancer (Cancer) tomowoi n. sp." = Cancer tomowoi
"Cancer (Cancer) tomowoi n. sp." = Cancer tomowoi Karasawa 1990 crab