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Kiyosu-e Formation

Coordinates: 34°06′N 131°00′E / 34.1°N 131.0°E / 34.1; 131.0
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Kiyosu-e Formation
Stratigraphic range: Callovian-Berriasian
~163–140 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofToyonishi Group
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherSiltstone
Location
Coordinates34°06′N 131°00′E / 34.1°N 131.0°E / 34.1; 131.0
Approximate paleocoordinates40°54′N 139°30′E / 40.9°N 139.5°E / 40.9; 139.5
RegionYamaguchi Prefecture
Country Japan
Kiyosu-e Formation is located in Japan
Kiyosu-e Formation
Kiyosu-e Formation (Japan)

The Kiyosu-e Formation is a Middle Jurassic (Callovian) to Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) geologic formation of the Toyonishi Group in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.[3]

Fossil content

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The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Kiyosue Formation in the Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.570
  3. ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
  4. ^ a b Azuma & Tomida, 1997
  5. ^ a b Yamada & Kato, 2002

Bibliography

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  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21
  • Yamada, T.; Kato, M. (2002), "Regnellites nagashimae gen. et sp. nov., the oldest macrofossil of Marsileaceae from the upper Jurassic to lower Cretaceous of western Japan", International Journal of Plant Sciences, 163 (5): 715–723, doi:10.1086/342036
  • Azuma, Y.; Tomida, Y. (1997), Japanese dinosaurs in P. J. Currie, K. Padian, Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, pp. 375–379