Pankeopiraruka north of cliff on Mukawa: Early Miocene, Japan
collected by R. Saito

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

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Hokkaido County:Iburi
Coordinates: 42.7° North, 142.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.0° North, 138.4° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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
Formation:Poronai Series
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: marl
Lithology description: Numerous specimens of Callianassa chelae are met with in the Poronai Series (Lower Neogene) of Hokkaido, especially abundant in the Ishikari coal-field. They are almost aiways found in marly nodules and usually represented by manus, very often isolated but rarely in assoeiation with carpi and other joints.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,concretion
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:R. Saito
Metadata
Database number:235790
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:J. Fearon
Created:2024-08-01 21:16:45 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2024-08-01 21:16:45
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

89121. T. Nagao. 1932. Two Tertiary and One Cretaceous Crustacea from Hokkaidô, Japan. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Imperial University. Ser. 4, Geology and mineralogy, 2(1), 15-22 2(1):15-22 [M. Clapham/H. Shin/H. Shin]