Nishino: Langhian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca - Stomatopoda - Squillidae
Shako tomidai n. gen., n. sp. Karasawa 1996
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Shiga County:Koga-gun
Coordinates: 34.9° North, 136.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.7° North, 133.9° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Langhian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Langhian Foram zone:  N7-N8
Age range of interval: 15.98 - 13.82 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Ayugawa Formation:Tsuchiyama Member:Sendai
Stratigraphy comments: Sendai Sandstone Mudstone Member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: S. tomidai preferred a brackish water environment
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:127685
Authorizer:C. Schweitzer Enterer:E. Johnson
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:decapod
Created:2012-05-22 01:32:29 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2012-05-22 01:32:29
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

41697.decapod H. Karasawa. 1996. Shako, a new Miocene stomatopod Crustacea from Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. (182)413-418 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson]