Bentenjima, Goshoura Island: Early Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian, Japan
collected 1997

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
1 individual
track
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Kumamoto
Coordinates: 32.3° North, 130.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.9° North, 138.1° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Cenomanian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 5
Key time interval: Early Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian
Age range of interval: 100.5 - 93.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Goshoura Formation:Karakizaki
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Fragmentation:none
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection dates:May 1997
Metadata
Database number:182209
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-10-13 16:59:26 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2016-10-13 16:59:26
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
60593. H. Naoki, K. Koji, Y. Higashi, K. Yasuo, and M. Tashiro. 1997. [Discovery of dinosaur fossils from the Goshoura Group]. In K. Shimamura (ed.), Geological City Guide of Goshoura 116-118 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]