Nanbu-no-sawa: Turonian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Sapporo
Coordinates: 44.1° North, 141.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.3° North, 142.4° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Turonian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 6
Key time interval: Turonian
Age range of interval: 93.9 - 89.8 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
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:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: Original citation: Obata, Hasegawa, and Otsuka, 1972
Metadata
Database number:98849
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:H. Street
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-10-21 12:31:33 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2010-10-21 12:31:33
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

34058. Y. Kanie, Y. Hasegawa, Y. Okazaki and M. Tatematsu. 1998. Vampyromorph: past and present - Cretaceous Vampyromorph (Coleoidea: Cephalopoda) as the diet of plesiosaurs. Bulletin of Gunma Museum of Natural History 2:11-22 [M. Carrano/H. Street/H. Street]