Higashikagawa City: Late Campanian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Plesiosauria
MNHAH D-1048038
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Kagawa
Coordinates: 34.2° North, 134.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.6° North, 128.2° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
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
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Izumi
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
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:Nyunoyama
Database number:230990
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Created:2023-07-28 10:03:33 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2023-07-28 10:03:33
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

85458. D. Nakatani and H. Nakaya. 2023. A plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Izumi Group of Higashi Kagawa City, Kagawa Prefecture, South Western Japan. Fossils 113:5-16 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]