Yoshimo coast: Late Jurassic - Early Cretaceous, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Reptilia
- Iguanodontidae
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Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Yamaguchi |
| Coordinates: | 34.1° North, 130.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.5° North, 137.5° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic - Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Jurassic - Early Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5-6 - Cretaceous 1-4 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late Jurassic - Early Cretaceous | ||
| Age range of interval: | 161.5 - 100.5 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Shimonoseki | ||
| Database number: | 166075 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-02-03 11:13:10 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-02-03 11:13:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54277. | Y. Azuma and Y. Tomida. 1997. Japanese dinosaurs. In P. J. Currie, K. Padian (eds.), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs 375-379 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Wagner] |