Also known as Mekko-dani

Where: Ishikawa, Japan (36.2° N, 136.7° E: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 138.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kuwajima Formation (Tetori Group), Hauterivian to Hauterivian (132.9 - 125.0 Ma)

• Ishitori Subgroup

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by K. Koarai

Collection methods: surface (in situ), peel or thin section,

Primary reference: H. Matsuoka, S. Isaji, Y. Hasegawa, I. Yamaguchi, and T. Takada. 2001. A new dinosaur track locality in the Tetori Group of Mekko-dani ravine, Oguchi, Ishikawa, Japan. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 5:39-48 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 60520: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 16.05.2006, edited by Matthew Carrano

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