Somese Cliff: Late Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goneplacidae
Carcinoplax prisca Imaizumi 1961
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Miyazaki County:Higashimorogata
Coordinates: 32.0° North, 131.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.5° North, 129.8° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Miocene
Age range of interval: 11.63 - 5.333 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Miyazaki Formation:Tano
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandy siltstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:MYZ-1
Database number:127694
Authorizer:C. Schweitzer Enterer:E. Johnson
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:decapod
Created:2012-05-22 04:02:05 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2012-05-22 04:02:05
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
41705.decapod H. Karasawa. 1993. Cenozoic Decapod Crustacea from Southwest Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (20)1-92 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson]