Shokawa Village, pterosaur: Hauterivian - Barremian, Japan
collected by K. Shimizu 1994
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Pterosauria
- Dsungaripteridae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| NSM PV20042, wing phalanx | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Gifu |
| Coordinates: | 36.0° North, 136.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.9° North, 143.5° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
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
| Formation: | Amagodani |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | K. Shimizu | Collection dates: | 1994 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 89998 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-06-25 07:53:35 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-06-25 07:53:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30147. | D. M. Unwin. 1996. First record of pterosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Tetori Group: a wing-phalange from the Amagodani Formation in Shokawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series C 22:37-46 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |