Where: Japan (42.2° N, 142.7° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 50.6° N, 138.1° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Inoceramus amakusensis inoceramid zone, Yezo Group, Santonian (85.7 - 83.6 Ma)
• Pebble nodule from the U1 member of the Upper Yezo Group
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, nodular siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Yoshikawa
Primary reference: H. Collins, Y. Kanie, and H. Karasawa. 1993. Late Cretaceous crabs from Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 172:292-310 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 185016: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.04.2017
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
"Notopocorystes (Notopocorystes) japonicus" = Joeranina japonica
"Notopocorystes (Notopocorystes) japonicus" = Joeranina japonica Jimbo 1894 crab |