Also known as Miyama
Where: Fukui, Japan (36.0° N, 136.4° E: paleocoordinates 45.3° N, 138.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Kowashimizu Formation, Late/Upper Jurassic to Late/Upper Jurassic (161.5 - 100.5 Ma)
• at least three layers in the middle part of formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; mudstone and fine-grained sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace
Collected by M. Shimada in 2007
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: M. Shimada, Y. Noda, S. Hayashi, Y. Azuma, A. Yabe and K. Terada. 2010. Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous dinosaur and bird footprints from the Tetori Group in Fukui City, Cukui Prefecture, central Japan. Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 9:47-54 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 224183: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 24.01.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Ornithopoda indet. Marsh 1881 ornithopod | |
? Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878 sauropod | |
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. bird |