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
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 | |
Palaega yamadai n. sp.
Palaega yamadai n. sp. Karasawa et al. 2008 pill bug |