Sobura, Kaizuka City: Maastrichtian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasaurus sp.
Parkinson 1822
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Tanimoto 2005 | |||||||||
| "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) | ||||||||||
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? Mosasauridae indet.
Gervais 1852
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= Kourisodon sp.
Nicholls and Meckert 2002
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Tanimoto 2005 | |||||||||
| Teeth (Tanimoto et al. 1998); a few small cervical vertebrae and a phalange (originally described as possible juveniles of Mosasaurus sp. [Tanimoto & Date, 2000b; Tanimoto & Ueno, 2000]); posterior dorsal vertebra (described as Mosasauridae indet. by Takata 2004) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Osaka |
| Coordinates: | 34.4° North, 135.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.5° North, 124.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Izumi Mountains of Honshu Island | ||
| Database number: | 119018 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, M. Carrano | Enterer: | P. Mannion, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | ||
| Created: | 2011-10-20 03:38:30 | Last modified: | 2011-10-20 15:27:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-10-20 03:38:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38261. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 38237 | M. Tanimoto. 2005. Mosasaur remains from the Upper Cretaceous Izumi Group of southwest Japan. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences — Geologie en Mijnbouw 84(3):373-378 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |