Kanewari, Sanuki City: Late Campanian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Mosasauridae
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| Anterior portion of skull and lower jaws (Kanazawa specimen) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Kagawa |
| Coordinates: | 34.2° North, 134.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.6° North, 128.1° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Late Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.6 - 72.2 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Shikoku Island | ||
| Database number: | 119011 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | ||
| Created: | 2011-10-20 02:58:28 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-10-20 02:58:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38237. | M. Tanimoto. 2005. Mosasaur remains from the Upper Cretaceous Izumi Group of southwest Japan. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences — Geologie en Mijnbouw 84(3):373-378 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |