Ishigami (Pliocene of Japan)

Also known as KKG-4

Where: Shizuoka, Japan (34.8° N, 138.1° E: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 137.5° E)

When: Ten-no Formation (Kakegawa Group), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; 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 127711: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 22.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Paguridae
Pagurus sp. Fabricius 1775 hermit crab
 Decapoda - Calappidae
Mursia aff. armata De Haan 1837 box crab
 Decapoda - Goneplacidae
"Carcinoplax longimanus" = Carcinoplax longimana
"Carcinoplax longimanus" = Carcinoplax longimana de Haan 1833 crab