Mekkodani, Okuchi tracksite: Hauterivian - Barremian, Japan
collected by K. Koarai

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
1 specimen
TGUSE-DT1006
Osteichthyes - Eubrontidae
2 specimens
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
Geological group:Tetori Formation:Kuwajima
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Ishitori Subgroup
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:

16852ETE 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]
29448ETE 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]