Obata locality 4b (Cretaceous of Japan)

Where: Hokkaido, Japan (43.2° N, 141.8° E: paleocoordinates 49.5° N, 132.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Early/Lower Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. Obata, Y. Hasegawa, and H. Otsuka. 1972. Preliminary report on the Cretaceous reptile fossils from Hokkaido. Memoirs of the National Science Museum 5:213-222 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 94683: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 09.03.2010

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
? Elasmosaurus sp. Cope 1868 elasmosaur
NSM-PV15014, vertebrae, phalanges