Izumo Group: Middle Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassa sp. Leach 1814
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Macrophthalmidae
Tritodynamia globosa Karasawa 1990
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae
Platepistoma kaedei (Karasawa 1990)
Cancer izumoensis Sakumoto et al. 1992
recombined as Metacarcinus izumoensis
Cancer fujinaensis (Sakumoto et al. 1992)
Cancer tomowoi (Karasawa 1990)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae
Scylla sp. De Haan 1833
Scylla ozawai Glaessner 1933
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Itoigawaia minoensis (Karasawa 1990)
recombined as Minohellenus minoensis
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae
Mursia takahashii Imaizumi 1952
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goneplacidae
Carcinoplax antiqua (Ristori 1889)
original and current combination Curtonotus antiquus
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Shimane
Coordinates: 35.5° North, 133.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.0° North, 130.4° East
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Middle Miocene
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Izumo
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:127708
Authorizer:C. Schweitzer Enterer:E. Johnson
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:decapod
Created:2012-05-22 05:06:23 Last modified:2019-07-11 13:09:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2012-08-22 05:06:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
41705.decapod H. Karasawa. 1993. Cenozoic Decapod Crustacea from Southwest Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (20)1-92 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson]