Taniyamadani, Loc. 1 (Cretaceous of Japan)

Also known as Taniyama

Where: Fukui, Japan (35.9° N, 136.6° E: paleocoordinates 46.3° N, 138.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Itsuki Formation (Tetori Group), Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone and sandstone

• "alternating beds of mudstone and sandstone"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: The specimens used in this paper are all Izumi Folk Museum (abbreviation: OMFJ) and Fukui City Natural History Museum (abbreviation: FCMNH)

Primary reference: Y. Sakai, M. Manabe, R. Matsumoto, Y. Yabumoto, and R. Hiramaya. 2020. [Vertebrate fossils from the Lower Cretaceous Itsuki Formation of the Tetori Group in the Kuzuryu district, Ono City, Fukui Prefecture, central Japan]. Memoirs of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 19:105-112 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 219134: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.03.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Unionida - Unionidae
? Unio sp. Philipsson 1788 freshwater mussel
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Viviparidae
Reptilia
 Squamata -
Squamata indet. Oppel 1811 squamates
OMFJ V-14
 Theropoda -
? Paronychodon sp. Cope 1876 maniraptoran
 Choristodera -
Choristodera indet. Cope 1876 choristodere
OMFJ V-13
Osteichthyes
 Halecomorphi - Sinamiidae
Sinamia sp. ray-finned fish
OMFJ V-3, 22
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
OMFJ V-21