Kita-ama Miyamotoi: Early Maastrichtian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Mitsukawa County:Sumoto
Coordinates: 34.3° North, 134.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.2° North, 125.8° East (Wright 2013)
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 8
Key time interval: Early Maastrichtian
Age range of interval: 72.2 - 66 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: mudstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:235414
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:H. Shin
Created:2024-07-05 16:55:31 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2024-07-05 16:55:31
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

88774. H. Karasawa. 1998. Two new species of Decapoda (Crustacea) from the Upper Cretaceous Izumi Group, Japan. Paleontological Research 2(4):217-223 [M. Clapham/H. Shin/J. Fearon]