Where: Japan (37.7° N, 140.9° E: paleocoordinates 45.3° N, 143.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Nakanosawa Formation, Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 145.0 Ma)
• The present decapods crustacean material was collected from the Nakanosawa Formation, which crops out in a north-south direction along the eastern side of the Abukuma Mountains, on the Pacific coast of northeast Japan.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: Kashima History and Folklore Museum (KHFM)
Primary reference: H. Kato, T. Toshinobu, and M. Taira. 2010. Late Jurassic Decapod Crustaceans from Northeast Japan. Palaeontology 53(4):761-770 [M. Clapham/R. Valdez/R. Valdez]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 227689: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Rosa Valdez on 26.10.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Eryma sp. Von Meyer 1840 decapod | |
Glyphea sp. Von Meyer 1835 decapod | |
Protaxius sp. Beurlen 1930 decapod |