Iwaya Cliff: Early Miocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Epialtidae
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Hyastenus sp.
White 1847
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Homolodromiidae
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Dicranodromia sp.
Milne-Edwards 1880
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Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Aichi | County: | Minamichita-cho |
| Coordinates: | 34.7° North, 136.9° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.7° North, 134.1° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | tuffaceous sandstone |
| 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
| Also known as: | MRZ06 | ||
| Database number: | 219247 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2021-04-02 15:16:27 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-04-02 15:16:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 76195. | H. Karasawa, Y. Mizuno, K. Hachiya and Y. Ando. 2017. Reappraisal of anomuran and brachyuran decapods from the lower Miocene Morozaki Group, Japan, collected by the Tokai Fossil Society. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 43:47-69 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |