Kuruma, Otari tracksite: Pliensbachian, Japan
collected by K. Hatekayama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
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| 1 individual | ||||||||||
| 6 prints in trackway | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Nagano |
| Coordinates: | 36.8° North, 137.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.1° North, 166.4° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early Jurassic |
| Stage: | Pliensbachian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Pliensbachian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 192.9 - 184.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Kuruma | Formation: | Kitamatadani | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: originally listed as "KrIII" formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: alternating sandstone/mudstone beds | |
| Environment: | delta plain |
| Geology comments: "shallow sea, delta, and coastal plain system" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | K. Hatekayama |
Metadata
| Database number: | 60558 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | K. Maguire |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-05-17 10:37:35 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-05-17 10:37:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
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] |