Sebayashi Formation
Appearance
Sebayashi Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Barremian-Albian ~ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Sanchu Group |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone, shale |
Other | Conglomerate |
Location | |
Coordinates | 36°06′N 138°48′E / 36.1°N 138.8°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 48°24′N 140°00′E / 48.4°N 140.0°E |
Region | Gunma, Honshu |
Country | Japan |
The Sebayashi Formation is a Barremian to Albian geologic formation in Japan.[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although only two species, Fukuivenator and Siamosaurus, have been referred to a specific genus.[2]
Paleofauna
[edit]- Bivalvia indet.[2]
- Dinosauria indet. - "Footprints"[2]
- Ornithopoda indet. - "Footprints"[2]
- Siamosaurus? - "Tooth (GMNH-PV-999)"[2][3]
- Spinosauridae indet. "Tooth (KDC-PV-0003)"[2]
- aff. Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis - "Tooth"[4]
- Theropoda indet. - "Footprints"[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sebayashi Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ a b c d e f g Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
- ^ Hasegawa et al., 2003
- ^ "A tooth of Fukuiraptor aff. F. kitadaniensis from the Lower Cretaceous Sebayashi Formation, Sanchu Cretaceous, Japan: 東京学芸大学リポジトリ". ir.u-gakugei.ac.jp. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
Bibliography
[edit]- 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
- Hasegawa, Y; Buffetaut, Éric; Manabe, M.; Takakuwa, Yuji (2003), "A possible spinosaurid tooth from the Sebayashi Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Gunma, Japan", Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History, 7: 1–5