Kaseki-kabe (facies II), Shiramine: Barremian, Japan
collected 1997

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Micromelania sp.
Isaji et al. 2005
Charophyta indet. Migula 1890
Isaji et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Pleuroceridae
Pleuroceridae indet. Thiele 1929
Isaji et al. 2005
Gastropoda - Viviparidae
Viviparus onogoensis
Isaji et al. 2005
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sphaeriidae
Sphaerium sp. Scopoli 1777
Isaji et al. 2005
Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
Unio ogamigoensis
Isaji et al. 2005
Sinamiidae
Sinamia sp.
Isaji et al. 2005
Tritylodontidae
Tritylodontidae indet. Cope 1884
Isaji et al. 2005
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Isaji et al. 2005
Trionychoidea indet. Fitzinger 1826
Isaji et al. 2005
Testudinoidea indet. Gray 1825
Isaji et al. 2005
Reptilia - Testudines - Sinemydidae
Sinemydidae indet. Yeh 1963
Isaji et al. 2005
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
Isaji et al. 2006 1 specimen
synonym of Testudines
eggshell
Reptilia
Squamata indet. Oppel 1811
Isaji et al. 2005
    = Kaganaias hakusanensis Evans et al. 2006
Evans et al. 2006
Reptilia - Hypsilophodontidae
Hypsilophodontidae indet. Dollo 1882
Isaji et al. 2005
Reptilia - Iguanodontidae
Iguanodontidae indet. Bonaparte 1850
Isaji et al. 2005
Reptilia - Theropoda
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
Isaji et al. 2005
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969
Isaji et al. 2005
Reptilia - Pterosauria
Pterosauria informal sp. A Kaup 1834
Isaji et al. 2005
Pterosauria informal sp. C Kaup 1834
Isaji et al. 2005
Pterosauria informal sp. D Kaup 1834
Isaji et al. 2005
Titanosauriformes indet. Salgado et al. 1997
Isaji et al. 2005 1 specimen
SBEI 12
    = Pterosauria indet. Kaup 1834
Matsuoka et al. 2002
Reptilia - Choristodera
Choristodera indet. Cope 1876
Isaji et al. 2005
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832
Isaji et al. 2005
Actinopteri - Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae
Pachycormidae indet. Woodward 1895
Isaji et al. 2005
Actinopteri
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
Isaji et al. 2005
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:

19215ETE 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]
23356ETE 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]
29480ETE 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]
13526ETE 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]
17538ETE 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]