Kamigahara, Survey Point 1 (Cretaceous of Japan)

Also known as Kan-na, Kanna

Where: Gunma, Japan (36.1° N, 138.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.8° N, 140.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Sebayashi Formation), Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)

• "lower member"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; fine-grained, conglomeratic sandstone

• "conglomerate with fine-grained sand as a substrate or fine-grained gravel-containing sandstone"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

• tooth NDC-P0001

Collected by K. Fujii & T. Yamazawa in 2005–2008

Collection methods: bulk,

• collected by joint project of Gunma Pref. Museum of Natural History and Kan-na Town Dinosaur Center

Primary reference: Y. Takakuwa, K. Sato, and T. Kimura. 2008. [III. Paleontological study of the Yamanaka Group]. In H. Kanai, T. Mita, & Y. Takakuwa (eds.), Gunma Museum of Natural History, Natural History Research Report 4:79-98 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 229065: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.02.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida -
Chondrichthyes
 Euselachii -
Lamniformes indet. Berg 1958 mackerel shark
051208-01
 Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Protolamna sp. Cappetta 1980 mackerel shark
070316-73
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus sp. Woodward 1889 goblin shark
051218-01, 060323-02, 060413-3b
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
080214-03, 070208-05
 Euselachii -
Hybodontiformes indet. Patterson 1966 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Heteroptychodus steinmanni Yabe and Obata 1930 elasmobranch
060314-33, 060413-1a, 070316-23b, 080214-07, 080214-16, 080214-33
Osteichthyes
 Osteichthyes -
? Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 bony fish
060313-03
Reptilia
  -
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
060324-35a, 070316-71b, 080214-04c
 Testudines -
"? Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"? Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
060314-31, 060324-35b