Sobura, Kaizuka City (Cretaceous of Japan)

Also known as Izumi Mountains of Honshu Island

Where: Osaka, Japan (34.4° N, 135.3° E: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 124.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mutsuo Formation (Izumi Group), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Tanimoto, M. Tani, and M. Minamino. 1998. [Crocodilian-like teeth (? Mosasauridae) from the Izumi Group (Upper Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) of Sobura, Kaizuka-city, Osaka Prefecture, southwest Japan]. Chigakukenkyu 47(2):91-95 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 119018: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 20.10.2011, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
Mosasaurus sp. Parkinson 1822 mosasaur
"Mosasaurus sp. A" (a few cranial and mandible remains, inclusive of numerous teeth and a number of well preserved cervical and two incomplete dorsal vertebrae)
Kourisodon sp. Nicholls and Meckert 2002 mosasaur