Kitadani Formation
| Kitadani Formation Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Asia |
The Kitadani Formation is a geological formation in Fukui, Japan whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Vertebrate paleofauna
- Fukuiraptor kitadanensis[1] - "Partial skull and associated partial postcranium."[2]
- Fukuititan nipponensis[1]
- Dromaeosauridae indet[1]
- Theropoda indet[1]
- Theropod tracks[1]
- Avialan tracks[1]
- Titanosauriformes indet[1]
- Sauropod indet[1]
- Sauropod tracks[1]
- Ornithischian tracks[1]
- Fukuisaurus tetoriensis[1] - "Skull."[3]
- Iguanodontia indet[1]
- Psittacosaurus sp.[1]
- Dinosaur eggs.[1]
- Koshisaurus katsuyama[4]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 563-570. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ↑ "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 74.
- ↑ "Table 19.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 415.
- ↑ Shibaba, Masateru; Azuma, Yoichi (2015). "New basal hadrosauroid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation, Fukui, central Japan." (PDF). Zootaxa 3914: 421. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3914.4.3.|
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