Ozagahama Cliff (Miocene of Japan)

Also known as MRZ09

Where: Aichi, Japan (34.7° N, 136.9° E: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 134.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Lower-Middle Member (Toyohama Formation), Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; tuffaceous mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Karasawa, Y. Mizuno, K. Hachiya and Y. Ando. 2017. Reappraisal of anomuran and brachyuran decapods from the lower Miocene Morozaki Group, Japan, collected by the Tokai Fossil Society. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 43:47-69 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 219250: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Lithodidae
Paralithodes bishuensis n. sp. Karasawa et al. 2017 king crab
 Decapoda - Hexapodidae
Hexapinus sp. Manning and Holthuis 1981 crab