Kanidera tunnel tracksite (Cretaceous of Japan)

Also known as Hosoiri

Where: Toyama, Japan (36.5° N, 137.2° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 139.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Inotani Alternation Member (Nagatogawa Formation), Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone and shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, trace

Collected by T. Hamuro & T. Mizukami

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: M. Matsukawa, T. Hamuro, S. Fuiji and K. Koarai. 2002. Dinosaur tracks from the eastern part of the Tetori Group in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan. Bulletin of Tokyo Gakugei University, Section IV 54:171-177 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 223551: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 15.11.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
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Toyamasauripus masuiae Matsukawa et al. 1997 dinosaur
TGUSE-DT-T68-2, 3, 4
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. theropod
TGUSE-DT-T68-5, 6
 Ornithischia -
Ornithopoda indet. Marsh 1881 ornithopod
TGUSE-DT-T68-7