Kamiyamaji (Pliocene of Japan)

Also known as MYZ-7

Where: Miyazaki, Japan (32.1° N, 131.4° E: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 130.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Kawabara Formation (Miyazaki Group), Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandy siltstone

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 127696: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 22.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Calappidae
Mursia minuta n. sp.
Mursia minuta n. sp. Karasawa 1993 box crab
 Decapoda - Iphiculidae
Pariphiculus inconditus n. sp.
Pariphiculus inconditus n. sp. Karasawa 1993 crab
 Decapoda - Leucosiidae
Randallia saitoensis n. sp.
Randallia saitoensis n. sp. Karasawa 1993 crab
 Decapoda - Portunidae
Lupocyclus tuberculosus n. sp.
Lupocyclus tuberculosus n. sp. Karasawa 1993 swimming crab
 Decapoda - Lyreididae
Lyreidus sp.
Lyreidus sp. De Haan 1841 crab
 Decapoda - Cyclodorippidae
Tymolus sp.
Tymolus sp. Stimpson 1858 crab