Locality 1, Suhara, Yuasa-cho (Cretaceous of Japan)

Where: Japan (34.0° N, 135.2° E: paleocoordinates 44.2° N, 137.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Arida Formation, Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)

• Barremian age based upon the occurrence of Crioceratites (Paracrioceras) asiaticum and Shasticrioceras nipponicum

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, sandy mudstone

• Described as shallow marine environment

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Natural History

Primary reference: H. Karasawa, M. Ohara, and H. Kato. 2008. New records for Crustacea from the Arida Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Barremian) of Japan. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 60(1):101-110 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 226206: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.06.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Isopoda - Cirolanidae
Palaega yamadai n. sp. Karasawa et al. 2008 pill bug