Enbetsu pterosaur: Early Maastrichtian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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cf. Ornithocheiridae indet.
(Seeley 1870)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| HMG 1052, cervical vertebra | ||||||||||
| Averianov and Arkhangelsky 2020 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Hokkaido |
| Coordinates: | 44.7° North, 141.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.9° North, 126.3° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Early Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.2 - 66 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: HMG: Hobetsu Museum | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 94767 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, P. Mannion | Enterer: | R. Butler, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-03-10 10:15:38 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-03-10 10:15:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32285. | T. Chitoku. 1996. Pterosaur bone from the Upper Cretaceous of Enbetsu, Hokkaido. The Bulletin of the Hobetsu Museum 12:17-24 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 74895 | A. O. Averianov and M. S. Arkhangelsky. 2020. A large pteranodontid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Eastern Europe. Geological Magazine [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |