Makinouchi: Late Pliocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Corystidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Miyazaki County:Koyu
Coordinates: 32.1° North, 131.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.0° North, 130.9° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
Stage: Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Pliocene
Age range of interval: 3.6 - 2.58 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Miyazaki Formation:Takanabe
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine sandstone
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: Environment described as a dry river-bed
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-12
Database number:127700
Authorizer:C. Schweitzer Enterer:E. Johnson
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:decapod
Created:2012-05-22 04:30:28 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2012-05-22 04:30:28
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]