Higashikagawa City: Late Campanian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Plesiosauria
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| 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] |