Kamakuraura: Cretaceous, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
Plesiaster peini
spelled with current rank as Micraster (Plesiaster)
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Kagashima
Coordinates: 31.8° North, 129.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.4° North, 126.4° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 1-8
Key time interval:Cretaceous
Age range of interval:145.00000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
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:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:204447
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-09-09 12:08:14 Last modified:2019-09-09 12:08:14
Access level:the public Released:2019-09-09 12:08:14
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

61674. 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]