Where: Kumamoto, Japan (32.7° N, 130.8° E: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 123.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Jobu Formation (Mifune Group), Late/Upper Cenomanian to Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 89.3 Ma)
• upper part of formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red mudstone
Size class: mesofossils
Collected in 1990
Primary reference: M. Tamura, Y. Okazaki, and N. Ikegami. 1991. [Occurrence of carnosaurian and herbivorous dinosaurs from upper formation of Mifune Group, Japan]. Kumamoto Daigaku Kyōiku Gakubu kiyō. Shizen kagaku 40:31-45 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 51963: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.07.2005, edited by Roger Benson, Philip Mannion and Matthew Oreska
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Sorlestes mifunensis n. sp.6
Sorlestes mifunensis n. sp.6 Setoguchi et al. 1999 eutherian KUJM 95002 (holotype mandibular fragment with molar)
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