KMN-1, Nassa Beach: Early Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goneplacidae
Carcinoplax antiqua (Ristori 1889)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Trichopeltariidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Wakayama County:Higashimuro
Coordinates: 33.6° North, 135.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.5° North, 133.2° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Early Miocene
Age range of interval: 23.04 - 15.98 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Kumano Formation:Koguchi
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
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
Database number:202463
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2019-07-11 13:57:24 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2019-07-11 13:57:24
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]