Kaseki-kabe (facies II), Shiramine: Barremian, Japan
collected 1997
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Micromelania sp.
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Charophyta indet.
Migula 1890
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Gastropoda
- Pleuroceridae
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Pleuroceridae indet.
Thiele 1929
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Gastropoda
- Viviparidae
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Viviparus onogoensis
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Sphaeriidae
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Sphaerium sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Unio ogamigoensis
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Sinamiidae
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Sinamia sp.
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Tritylodontidae
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Tritylodontidae indet.
Cope 1884
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Trionychoidea indet.
Fitzinger 1826
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Testudinoidea indet.
Gray 1825
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Sinemydidae
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Sinemydidae indet.
Yeh 1963
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
eggshell | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Squamata indet.
Oppel 1811
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= Kaganaias hakusanensis
Evans et al. 2006
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Reptilia
- Hypsilophodontidae
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Hypsilophodontidae indet.
Dollo 1882
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Reptilia
- Iguanodontidae
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Iguanodontidae indet.
Bonaparte 1850
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Dromaeosauridae indet.
Colbert and Russell 1969
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
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Pterosauria informal sp. A
Kaup 1834
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Pterosauria informal sp. C
Kaup 1834
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Pterosauria informal sp. D
Kaup 1834
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Titanosauriformes indet.
Salgado et al. 1997
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SBEI 12 | ||||||||||
= Pterosauria indet.
Kaup 1834
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Reptilia
- Choristodera
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Choristodera indet.
Cope 1876
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
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Lepidotes sp.
Agassiz 1832
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Actinopteri
- Pachycormiformes
- Pachycormidae
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Pachycormidae indet.
Woodward 1895
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Actinopteri
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Teleostei indet.
Müller 1846
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Japan | State/province: | Ishikawa |
Coordinates: | 36.2° North, 136.6° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 46.5° North, 138.1° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Stage: | Barremian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 2 |
Key time interval: | Barremian | ||
Age range of interval: | 129.40000 - 125.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Tetori | Formation: | Kuwajima | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "upper horizon" of Kuwajima Formation, uppermost part of Itoshiro Subgroup, Tetori Group. Described as "lower Neocomian", and older that "late Barremian", but authors' use of "Neocomian" seems to include some of the Gallic as well. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray silty sandstone |
Secondary lithology: | mudstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "alternations of massive sandstones, fine-grained sandstones and mudstones"; facies II = "massive and poorly stratified. They comprise silty matrix with angular fine-grained quartz sands." | |
Environment: | lacustrine - small |
Geology comments: "deposited in the channels of braided rivers and flood plains", specifically in a "shallow lake" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
Articulated whole bodies: | some |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated major elements: | many |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | Collection dates: | 1997 |
Taxonomic list comments:"Theropoda sp. C" is described as a member of the (unnamed) clade Oviraptorosauria + Therizinosauroidea. Another theropod is described as "Tetanurae", but the authors do not indicate whether this is sp. A or B. Note that the authors use "sp." for most of the unidentified species, but I have replaced most with "indet." because the groups are higher taxa, not genera (i.e. "Anura indet." instead of "Anura sp."). |
Metadata
Also known as: | Kasekiheki | ||
Database number: | 50357 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano, K. Maguire |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-05-13 14:28:54 | Last modified: | 2022-08-22 15:22:04 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-13 14:28:54 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
13515. | ETE | Y. Hasegawa, M. Manabe, S. Isaji, M. Ohkura, I. Shibata and I. Yamaguchi. 1995. Terminally resorbed iguanodontid teeth from the Neocomian Tetori Group, Ishikawa and Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series C 21(1, 2):35-49 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
19215 | ETE | P. M. Barrett, Y. Hasegawa, M. Manabe, S. Isaji, and H. Matsuoka. 2002. Sauropod dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of eastern Asia: taxonomic and biogeographical implications. Palaeontology 45(6):1197-1217 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
23356 | ETE | S. E. Evans, M. Manabe, M. Noro, S. Isaji, and M. Yamaguchi. 2006. A long-bodied lizard from the Lower Cretaceous of Japan. Palaeontology 49(6):1143-1165 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
29480 | ETE | S. Isaji, A. Matsushita, and R. Hirayama. 2006. Chelonian eggshells from the Lower Cretaceous Kuwajima Formation of the Tetori Group, central Japan. Paleontological Research 10(1):29-36 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
13526 | ETE | S. Isaji, H. Okazaki, R. Hirayama, H. Matsuoka, P. M. Barrett, T. Tsubamoto, M. Yamaguchi, I. Yamaguchi, and T. Sakumoto. 2005. Depositional environments and taphonomy of the bone-bearing beds of the Lower Cretaceous Kuwajima Formation, Tetori Group, Japan. Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Series A 3:123-133 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
17538 | ETE | M. T. Matsukawa, K. Saiki, M. Ito, I. Obata, D. J. Nichols, M. G. Lockley, R. Kukihara and K. Shibata. 2006. Early Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in East Asia based on food-web and energy-flow models. Cretaceous Research 27:285-307 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
8713 | H. Matsuoka, N. Kusuhashi, T. Takada and T. Setogushi. 2002. A clue to the Neocomian vertebrate fauna: initial results from the Kuwajima "Kaseki-kabe" (Tetori Group) in Shiramine, Ishikawa, central Japan. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Series of Geology and Mineralogy 59(1):33-45 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
69508 | S.-i. Sano and A. Yabe. 2017. Fauna and flora of Early Cretaceous Tetori Group in central Japan: the clues to revealing the evolution of Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem in Asia. Palaeoworld 26:253-267 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |