Nakao (Pliocene of Japan)

Also known as MYZ-13

Where: Miyazaki, Japan (32.7° N, 131.5° E: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 130.9° E)

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When: Takanabe Formation (Miyazaki Group), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained sandstone

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 127701: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 22.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Macrocheiridae
Macrocheira sp. De Haan 1839 spider crab