Koyamada, Kashima tracksite: Oxfordian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
Matsukawa et al. 2005 1 specimen
KK-01
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Fukushima County:Soma-gun
Coordinates: 37.7° North, 140.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:56.0° North, 153.4° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:36 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Oxfordian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 5
Key time interval: Oxfordian
Age range of interval: 161.5 - 154.8 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Somanakamura Formation:Tochikubo
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Secondary lithology: siltstone
Lithology description: "arkosic sandstone and dark silt to fine sandstone"
Environment:fluvial-deltaic indet.
Geology comments: "coastal estuary or lake system"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,trace
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Disassociated major elements:all
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Oyamada
Database number:60561
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:K. Maguire
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-05-17 10:49:14 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2006-05-17 10:49:14
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

79253. J. Shin. 2002. [Oyamada District Kashima-cho, Report on Fossil Excavation] 1-45 [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]