south of Katsurazawa Lake: Late Santonian - Early Campanian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Mosasauridae
MCM.M10 (two large dorsal vertebrae) and MCM.A1008 (two large dorsal vertebrae, one fractured posterior caudal, two large caudals with haemapophyses) - probably two individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Hokkaido
Coordinates: 43.2° North, 142.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.3° North, 140.9° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Santonian - Campanian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 6 - Cretaceous 7
Key time interval: Late Santonian - Early Campanian
Age range of interval: 85.7 - 72.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Yezo Formation:Kashima
Stratigraphy comments: Santonian-Campanian boundary interval
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: the inner-outer shelf
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Ikushunbetsu River
Database number:115410
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Carrano
Created:2011-09-01 21:26:24 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2011-09-01 21:26:24
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

37364. M. W. Caldwell, T. Konishi, I. Obata and K. Muramoto. 2008. A new species of Taniwhasaurus (Mosasauridae, Tylosaurinae) from the Upper Santonian-Lower Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(2):339-348 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]