Kamitaki Bonebed Quarry, Tamba City: Early/Lower Albian, Japan
collected by M. Shigeru & A. Kiyoshi 2006–2010
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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Tanaka et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Prismatoolithidae
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Prismatoolithus sp.
Zhao and Li 1993
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Tanaka et al. 2016 | 16 specimens | ||||||||
| MNHAH D1-040081 to D1-040095 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Laevisoolithidae
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Dinosauria indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Tanaka et al. 2016 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| MNHAH D1-040096 to D1-040098 (eggshells) | ||||||||||
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= Subtiliolithus hyogoensis n. sp.
Tanaka et al. 2020
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Tanaka et al. 2020 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Elongatoolithidae
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Elongatoolithus sp.
Zhao 1975
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Tanaka et al. 2016 | 18 specimens | ||||||||
| MNHAH D1-040064 to D1-040080 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Theropoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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| shed teeth | ||||||||||
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= Tyrannosauroidea indet.
Walker 1964
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Saegusa et al. 2010 | |||||||||
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Therizinosauroidea indet.
Russell and Dong 1994
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Tanaka et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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Nipponoolithus ramosus n. gen., n. sp.
Tanaka et al. 2016
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Tanaka et al. 2016 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
| MNHAH D1-040057 to D1-040063 | ||||||||||
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Ankylosauria indet.
(Osborn 1923)
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Tanaka et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Iguanodontidae
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Ornithopoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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= Iguanodontidae indet.
Bonaparte 1850
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Saegusa et al. 2010 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Spheroolithidae
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Spheroolithus sp.
Zhao 1979
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Tanaka et al. 2016 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
| MNHAH D1-040099 to D1-040106 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Titanosauriformes indet.
Salgado et al. 1997
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1 individual | |||||||||
| teeth, partial braincase, atlas, ribs, dorsal vertebrae, pubis, ilium, haemal arches, and caudal vertebrae | ||||||||||
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= Tambatitanis amicitiae n. gen., n. sp.
Saegusa and Ikeda 2014
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Saegusa and Ikeda 2014 | |||||||||
| MNHAH D-1029280 - holotype (a partial skeleton represented by teeth, a braincase, a dentary, an atlas, a fragmentary cervical vertebra, fragmentary dorsal vertebrae, dorsal ribs, first sacral ribs, spine of sacral vertebrae, a pubis, an ilium, caudal vertebrae and chevrons) | ||||||||||
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Lacertilia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Tanaka et al. 2016 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Hyogo |
| Coordinates: | 35.1° North, 135.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.9° North, 132.8° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 113.00000 - 109.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Sasayama | Formation: | Ohyamashimo | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 8 m above base of section | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | paleosol/pedogenic,red mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: red mudstone; "reddish paleosol mudstone" | |
| Environment: | "floodplain" |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | M. Shigeru & A. Kiyoshi | Collection dates: | 2006–2010 |
| Collection method comments: Discovered by Murakami Shigeru and Adachi Kiyoshi | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 117980 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, M. Carrano | Enterer: | P. Mannion, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-09-29 22:52:16 | Last modified: | 2022-02-04 09:18:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-29 22:52:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 37923. | H. Saegusa, S. Tanaka, T. Ikeda, T. Matsubara, H. Frutani and K. Handa. 2008. On the occurrence of sauropod and some associated vertebrate fossils from the Lower Cretaceous Sasayama Group of Hyogo Prefecture, SW Japan. Journal of Fossil Research 41(1):2-12 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 52192 | H. Saegusa and T. Ikeda. 2014. A new titanosauriform sauropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Hyogo, Japan. Zootaxa 3848(1):1-66 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano] | |
| 41005 | H. Saegusa, S. Tanaka, and T. Ikeda. 2010. [Preliminary observations on the dinosaur teeth from the Lower Cretaceous Sasayama Group in Tamba City, Hyogo Prefecture and addtional notes on the pneumaticity of the postcranial skeleton of Tamba sauropod]. Journal of Fossil Research 42(2):52-65 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 41006 | H. Saegusa and Y. Tomida. 2011. Titanosauriform teeth from the Cretaceous of Japan. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 83(1):247-265 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 70938 | K. Tanaka, D. K. Zelenitsky, H. Saegusa, T. Ikeda, C. L. DeBuhr and F. Therrien. 2016. Dinosaur eggshell assemblage from Japan reveals unknown diversity of small theropods. Cretaceous Research 57:350-363 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 79483 | K. Tanaka, D. K. Zelenitsky, F. Therrien, T. Ikeda, K. Kubota, H. Saegusa, T. Tanaka and K. Ikuno. 2020. Exceptionally small theropod eggs from the Lower Cretaceous Ohyamashimo Formation of Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Cretaceous Research 114:104519:1-14 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |