Izumo Group: Middle Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Macrophthalmidae
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goneplacidae
Carcinoplax antiqua (Ristori 1889)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae
Cancer izumoensis Sakumoto et al. 1992
Cancer fujinaensis (Sakumoto et al. 1992)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae
Scylla sp. De Haan 1833
Scylla ozawai Glaessner 1933
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassa sp. Leach 1814
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Shimane
Coordinates: 35.5° North, 133.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.0° North, 130.7° East (Wright 2013)
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Middle Miocene
Age range of interval: 15.98 - 11.63 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Izumo
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:127708
Authorizer:C. Schweitzer Enterer:E. Johnson
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:decapod
Created:2012-05-22 05:06:23 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2012-08-22 05:06:23
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]