Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry (upper, BB II): Aptian, Japan
collected by Fukui Dinosaur Museum 2007-
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
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| 1 individual | ||||||||||
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= Fukuititan nipponensis n. gen., n. sp.
Azuma and Shibata 2010
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Azuma and Shibata 2010 | |||||||||
| FPDM-V8468 - holotype (3 teeth, 4 cervical arches, 3 caudal vertebrae, partial scapula, both humeri, both radii, R metacarpal, both ischia, partial R femur, partial R tibia, L fibula, pedal phalanx, other fragments) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Fukui | County: | Katsuyama |
| Coordinates: | 36.1° North, 136.6° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.9° North, 146.8° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Altitude: | 134 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Aptian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 3 |
| Key time interval: | Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 121.4 - 113.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,medium,gray,green sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "greenish to dark gray fine to medium s.s." | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Fukui Dinosaur Museum | Collection dates: | 2007- |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Bonebed II, Katsuyama | ||
| Database number: | 87221 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-03-10 13:09:55 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-03-10 13:09:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29361. | ETE | Y. Azuma and M. Shibata. 2008. New dinosaurs of the Tetori Group. International Dinosaur Symposium in Fukui 2008: Recent Progress of the Study on Asian Dinosaurs and Paleoenvironments. Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Fukui 29-31 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 37922 | Y. Azuma and M. Shibata. 2010. Fukuititan nipponensis, a new titanosauriform sauropod from the Early Cretaceous Tetori Group of Fukui Prefecture, Japan. Acta Geologica Sinica 84(3):454-462 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 55479 | Fukui Kenritsu Kyoryu Hakubutsukan. 2010. [Exhibit Guidebook of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum]. 1-212 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 54271 | M. Shibata and Y. Azuma. 2015. New basal hadrosauroid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation, Fukui, central Japan. Zootaxa 3914(4):421-440 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano] | |
| 29441 | ETE | M. Shibata and M. Goto. 2008. Report of the 3rd Dinosaur Excavation Project in Katsuyama, Fukui, 2007. Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 7:109-116 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 60586 | S. Suzuki, M. Shibata, Y. Azuma, H. Yukawa, T. Sekiya and Y. Masaoka. 2015. Sedimentary environment of dinosaur fossil bearing successions of the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation, Tetori Group, Katsuyama City, Fukui, Japan. Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 14:1-9 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |