Mekkodani, Okuchi tracksite: Hauterivian - Barremian, Japan
collected by K. Koarai
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| TGUSE-DT1006 | ||||||||||
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Osteichthyes
- Eubrontidae
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| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
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= Asianopodus pulvinicalx n. gen., n. sp.
Matsukawa et al. 2005
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Matsukawa et al. 2005 | |||||||||
| topotype | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Ishikawa | County: | Ishikawa-gun |
| Coordinates: | 36.2° North, 136.7° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.0° North, 143.2° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Altitude: | 99 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Hauterivian - Barremian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 2 |
| Key time interval: | Hauterivian - Barremian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 132.6 - 121.4 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),peel or thin section,field collection,observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | K. Koarai |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Mekko-dani | ||
| Database number: | 60520 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | K. Maguire, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-05-16 14:39:57 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-05-16 14:39:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29482. | H. Matsuoka, S. Isaji, Y. Hasegawa, I. Yamaguchi, and T. Takada. 2001. A new dinosaur track locality in the Tetori Group of Mekko-dani ravine, Oguchi, Ishikawa, Japan. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 5:39-48 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 16852 | ETE | M. Matsukawa, M. G. Lockley, and J. Li. 2006. Cretaceous terrestrial biotas of East Asia, with special reference to dinosaur-dominated ichnofaunas: towards a synthesis. Cretaceous Research 27(1):3-21 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 29448 | ETE | M. Matsukawa, K. Shibata, R. Kukihara, K. Koarai, and M. G. Lockley. 2005. Review of Japanese dinosaur track localities: implications for ichnotaxonomy, paleogeography and stratigraphic correlation. Ichnos 12(3):201-222 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |