Kashima: Middle Campanian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Osteichthyes indet.
(Huxley 1880)
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Manabe et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| infraorbital | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Ceratopsidae indet.
Marsh 1888
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Manabe et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| KMSP-100117, tooth | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Theropoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| KMSP-100116, an isolated lateral tooth, plus a rib | ||||||||||
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Crocodylomorpha indet.
(Hay 1930)
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| Scutes and teeth | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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| Fragmentary carapaces | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Kagoshima |
| Coordinates: | 31.7° North, 129.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.4° North, 119.8° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | bioturbation,black sandy mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Less than 1m thick, black sandy mudstone | |
| Environment: | mire/swamp |
| Geology comments: A back marsh deposit in a fluvial system | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Faculty of Science, Kumamoto University, Japan | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Shimokoshikijima Island, Shimo Koshi Kijima Island | ||
| Database number: | 143568 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, M. Carrano | Enterer: | J. Tennant, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-04-25 00:12:51 | Last modified: | 2021-03-23 08:26:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-25 00:12:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46513. | T. Tsuihiji, T. Komatsu, M. Manabe, Y. Miyake, M. Aramaki and H. Sekiguchi. 2013. Theropod tooth from the Upper Cretaceous Himenoura Group in the Koshikijima Islands, southwestern Japan. Paleontological Research 17(1):39-46 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] |
Secondary references:
| 70790 | M. Manabe, T. Tsuijihi, Y. Miyake and T. Komatsu. 2017. A possible ceratopsid tooth from the Upper Cretaceous of Kyushu, Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series C 42:29-34 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |