Nanbu-no-sawa: Turonian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Plesiosauria
- Elasmosauridae
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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] |