Also known as Ohyama, Ooyama-machi, Toyama, Ooshimizu
Where: Toyama, Japan (36.5° N, 137.3° E: paleocoordinates 48.4° N, 137.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Atotsugawa Formation (Tetori Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• also listed as Inotani Mbr of the Nagatogawa Fm (Itoshiro Gp); Atotsugawa is in the Akaiwa Subgroup; fission-track age for formation of 113 +/- 6 Ma
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; brown, gray, muddy sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, trace
Collected by T. Hamuro in 1995-2002
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: M. Matsukawa, T. Hamuro, T. Mizukami and S. Fujii. 1997. First trackway evidence of gregarious dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous Tetori Group of eastern Toyama prefecture, central Japan. Cretaceous Research 18:603-619 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 60557: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 17.05.2006, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Toyamasauripus masuiae n. gen. n. sp.
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