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| Kiyosu-e Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range:
Callovian-
Berriasian ~ | |
| 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°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 40°54′N 139°30′E / 40.9°N 139.5°E |
| Region | Yamaguchi Prefecture |
| Country | 
Japan |
  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]
See also
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
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21
- Yamada, T.; Kato, M. (2002), "Regnellites nagashimae gen. et sp. nov., the oldest macrofossil of Marsileaceae from the upper Jurassic to lower Cretaceous of western Japan", International Journal of Plant Sciences, 163 (5): 715–723, doi: 10.1086/342036
- Azuma, Y.; Tomida, Y. (1997), Japanese dinosaurs in P. J. Currie, K. Padian, Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, pp. 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
(Redirected from
Kiyosou-e Formation)
| Kiyosu-e Formation | |
|---|---|
|
Stratigraphic range:
Callovian-
Berriasian ~ | |
| 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°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 40°54′N 139°30′E / 40.9°N 139.5°E |
| Region | Yamaguchi Prefecture |
| Country |
Japan |
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]
See also
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
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21
- Yamada, T.; Kato, M. (2002), "Regnellites nagashimae gen. et sp. nov., the oldest macrofossil of Marsileaceae from the upper Jurassic to lower Cretaceous of western Japan", International Journal of Plant Sciences, 163 (5): 715–723, doi: 10.1086/342036
- Azuma, Y.; Tomida, Y. (1997), Japanese dinosaurs in P. J. Currie, K. Padian, Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, pp. 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