Hiraiga formation of the Miyako Group: Late Aptian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Catillogalatheidae
Takeda and Fujiyama, 1983
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Necrocarcinidae
Takeda and Fuhiyama, 1983
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Homolidae
Takeda and Fuhiyama, 1983
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Iwata County:Sanriku District
Coordinates: 39.6° North, 141.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.8° North, 150.7° East (Wright 2013)
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 2-3
Key time interval: Late Aptian
Age range of interval: 119.57 - 113.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine sandstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:146565
Authorizer:C. Schweitzer Enterer:E. Johnson
Modifier:H. Shin Research group:decapod
Created:2013-06-27 03:58:43 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2013-09-27 03:58:43
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

47268.decapod M. Takeda and I. Fujiyama. 1983. Three Decapod Crustaceans from the Lower Cretaceous Miyako Group, Northern Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Toyoko (4)129-136 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/E. Johnson]