Also known as Izumi Mountains

Where: Osaka, Japan (34.3° N, 135.3° E: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 124.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Azenotani Mudstone Member (Mutsuo Formation), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in -2010

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: M. Tanimoto. 2005. Mosasaur remains from the Upper Cretaceous Izumi Group of southwest Japan. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences — Geologie en Mijnbouw 84(3):373-378 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 119017: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 20.10.2011, edited by Matthew Carrano

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