Imobara: Langhian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callichiridae
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Laomediidae
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Varunidae
Miosesarma japonicum (Karasawa 1989)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Leucosiidae
Philyra plana Karasawa 1989
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Okayama County:Kawakami
Coordinates: 34.7° North, 133.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.4° North, 131.1° 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
Age range of interval: 15.98 - 13.82 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Bihoku
Stratigraphy comments: early middle Miocene; lower Bihou group
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:BIH-1
Database number:127702
Authorizer:C. Schweitzer Enterer:E. Johnson
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:decapod
Created:2012-05-22 04:47:14 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2012-05-22 04:47:14
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]