Showaike Pond, Sennan City: Early Maastrichtian, Japan
collected -2010

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Mosasauridae
Mosasaurinae indet. Gervais 1853
Konishi et al. 2012 1 specimen
KSNHM-F6-3; jaw fragment with teeth
1 specimen
slender tooth; "Mosasaurus sp. B."
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Osaka
Coordinates: 34.3° North, 135.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.4° North, 126.0° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 8
Key time interval: Early Maastrichtian
Age range of interval: 72.2 - 66 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Izumi Formation:Mutsuo Member:Azenotani Mudstone
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection dates:-2010
Metadata
Also known as:Izumi Mountains
Database number:119017
Authorizer:P. Mannion, M. Carrano Enterer:P. Mannion, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano
Created:2011-10-20 03:28:47 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2011-10-20 03:28:47
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]

Secondary references:

49462 T. Konishi, M. Tanimoto, S. Utsunomiya, M. Sato, and K. Watanabe. 2012. A large mosasaurine (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the latest Cretaceous of Osaka Prefecture (SW Japan). Paleontological Research 16(2):79-87 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]