Where: Sapporo, Japan (44.1° N, 141.7° E: paleocoordinates 52.0° N, 134.1° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Original citation: Obata, Hasegawa, and Otsuka, 1972
Primary reference: Y. Kanie, Y. Hasegawa, Y. Okazaki and M. Tatematsu. 1998. Vampyromorph: past and present - Cretaceous Vampyromorph (Coleoidea: Cephalopoda) as the diet of plesiosaurs. Bulletin of Gunma Museum of Natural History 2:11-22 [M. Carrano/H. Street/H. Street]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 98849: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 21.10.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Elasmosaurus sp. Cope 1868 elasmosaur |