Omakisawa River (Cretaceous of Japan)

Also known as Yubari

Where: Hokkaido, Japan (43.0° N, 142.1° E: paleocoordinates 52.4° N, 136.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hikagenosawa Formation (Yezo Group), Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• upper part of formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; concretionary, calcareous lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: concretion

Collected by E. Goto in 1995

Collection methods: surface (float), chemical, mechanical,

• Collected June 25, 1995 by Eijiro Goto

Primary reference: H. Hayakawa and K. Carpenter. 1996. First occurrence of nodosaurid ankylosaurs in Asia. In E. Goto (ed.), Palaeontological Society of Japan, Abstracts. Miyamoto-cho, Mikasa, Hokkaido 71:98 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49046: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Nodosauridae
Nodosauridae indet. Marsh 1890 ankylosaur
MCM A522