Iwaya Cliff (Miocene of Japan)

Also known as MRZ06

Where: Aichi, Japan (34.7° N, 136.9° E: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 134.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Yamami Formation (Morozaki Group), Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; tuffaceous sandstone

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 219247: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.04.2021

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Homolodromiidae
Dicranodromia sp. Milne-Edwards 1880 crab
 Decapoda - Epialtidae
Hyastenus sp. White 1847 spider crab