Gomyo (Pliocene of Japan)

Also known as KKG-11

Where: Shizuoka, Japan (34.8° N, 138.0° E: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 137.4° E)

When: Dainichi Sand Formation (Kakegawa Group), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• shell beds

Size class: macrofossils

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

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 202451: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.07.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Cancridae
"Cancer (Glebocarcinus) amphioetus" = Glebocarcinus amphioetus
"Cancer (Glebocarcinus) amphioetus" = Glebocarcinus amphioetus Rathbun 1898 crab
 Decapoda - Portunidae
Charybdis sp.
Charybdis sp. De Haan 1833 swimming crab
sp. 2
 Decapoda - Calappidae
Mursia sp.
Mursia sp. Leach 1823 box crab
sp. 2
 Decapoda - Leucosiidae
"Philyra platychira" = Hiplyra platycheir, Philyra tanakai
"Philyra platychira" = Hiplyra platycheir De Haan 1841 crab
Philyra tanakai Karasawa 1993 crab