The Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry (Cretaceous of Japan)

Where: Fukui, Japan (36.1° N, 136.5° E: paleocoordinates 47.1° N, 137.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Kitadani Formation (Tetori Group), Early/Lower Cretaceous (145.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, sandy sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: S. Obuse and M. Shibata. 2024. New goniopholidid specimens from the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation, Tetori Group, Japan. Annales de PaleĢontologie 110(1):102661more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 235642: authorized by Mariana Valeria De Araujo Sena, entered by Mariana Valeria De Araujo Sena on 19.07.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata - Goniopholididae
Goniopholididae indet. Cope 1875 crocodilian