Also known as Bonebed II, Katsuyama
Where: Fukui, Japan (36.1° N, 136.6° E: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 137.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kitadani Formation (Tetori Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• Akaiwa Subgroup; higher layer than main/original dinosaur site (5 m above)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; fine-grained, medium, gray, green sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by Fukui Dinosaur Museum in 2007-
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: Y. Azuma and M. Shibata. 2008. New dinosaurs of the Tetori Group. International Dinosaur Symposium in Fukui 2008: Recent Progress of the Study on Asian Dinosaurs and Paleoenvironments. Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Fukui 29-31 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87221: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Fukuititan nipponensis n. gen. n. sp.
Fukuititan nipponensis n. gen. n. sp. Azuma and Shibata 2010 sauropod |