Megami Cliff (Miocene to of Japan)

Also known as MGM-1

Where: Shizuoka, Japan (34.7° N, 128.2° E: paleocoordinates 36.4° N, 125.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Megami Formation, Early/Lower Miocene to Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

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 202476: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.07.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Porcellanidae
Petrolisthes miocaenicus Karasawa 1993 decapod
 Decapoda - Galatheidae
Galathea keijii Karasawa 1993 decapod
 Decapoda - Trapeziidae
Trapezia sp. Latreille 1825 crab
Trapezia brevispinosa Karasawa 1993 crab
 Decapoda - Xanthidae
Medaeops megamiensis Karasawa 1993 stone crab
Pilodius parvus Karasawa 1993 stone crab
Palaeoxanthops minutus Karasawa 1993 stone crab
Palaeoxanthops okumurai Karasawa 1993 stone crab
Megamia anaglypta Karasawa 1993 stone crab
Paraxanthias fujiyamai Karasawa 1993 stone crab
Leptodius crosnieri Karasawa 1993 stone crab
Leptodius morrisi Karasawa 1993 stone crab
Lybia sp. Milne Edwards 1834 stone crab
Liomera sp. Dana 1851 stone crab
 Decapoda - Dairidae
Daira perlata Herbst 1790 crab
 Decapoda - Carpiliidae
Carpilius sp. Desmarest 1823 crab
 Decapoda - Dynomenidae
Dynomene shinobui Karasawa 1993 crab