Kiyosu-e Formation
Kiyosu-e Formation Stratigraphic range: Callovian-Berriasian ~ | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Toyonishi Group |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Other | Siltstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 34°06′N 131°00′E / 34.1°N 131.0°ECoordinates: 34°06′N 131°00′E / 34.1°N 131.0°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 40°54′N 139°30′E / 40.9°N 139.5°E |
Region | Yamaguchi Prefecture |
Country | ![]() |
![]() ![]() Kiyosu-e Formation (Japan) |
The Kiyosu-e Formation is a Middle Jurassic (Callovian) to Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) geologic formation of the Toyonishi Group in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.[3]
Fossil content[]
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[1]
- Ichnofossils
- Flora
See also[]
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
- Ornithopod tracks
- List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
References[]
- ^ a b Kiyosue Formation in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.570
- ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
- ^ a b Azuma & Tomida, 1997
- ^ a b Yamada & Kato, 2002
Bibliography[]
- The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2 ; , and . 2004.
- International Journal of Plant Sciences 163. 715-723. , and . 2002. Regnellites nagashimae gen. et sp. nov., the oldest macrofossil of Marsileaceae from the upper Jurassic to lower Cretaceous of western Japan.
- , and . 1997. Japanese dinosaurs in P. J. Currie, K. Padian (eds.), 375–379. .
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Japan
- Jurassic System of Asia
- Jurassic Japan
- Callovian Stage
- Oxfordian Stage
- Kimmeridgian Stage
- Tithonian Stage
- Lower Cretaceous Series of Asia
- Cretaceous Japan
- Berriasian Stage
- Sandstone formations
- Siltstone formations
- Fluvial deposits
- Ichnofossiliferous formations
- Paleontology in Japan