Amagimi Dam, Tashiro (loc. no. 14): Late Cenomanian - Early Turonian, Japan
collected 1990

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
4 specimens
vertebra, femur, tibia, tooth
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Kumamoto County:Kamimashiki
Coordinates: 32.7° North, 130.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.8° North, 136.4° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:46 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Cenomanian - Turonian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 5 - Cretaceous 6
Key time interval: Late Cenomanian - Early Turonian
Age range of interval: 100.5 - 89.8 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Mifune Formation:Jobu
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: upper part of formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "red mudstone facies"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Fragmentation:occasional
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection dates:1990
Metadata
Database number:182217
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-10-14 16:19:28 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2016-10-14 16:19:28
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
60601. M. Tamura, Y. Okazaki, and N. Ikegami. 1991. [Occurrence of carnosaurian and herbivorous dinosaurs from upper formation of Mifune Group, Japan]. Kumamoto Daigaku Kyōiku Gakubu kiyō. Shizen kagaku 40:31-45 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]