Also known as Katsuyama

Where: Fukui, Japan (36.1° N, 136.6° E: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 137.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kitadani Formation (Tetori Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• Akaiwa Subgroup; different layer to main/original dinosaur site and second bonebed; four footprint horizons present within the quarry

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fine channel fill; gray siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 87222: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.03.2009, edited by Richard Butler

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