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Kuji - Tamagawa, Noda, Kunohe-gun, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

GroupKuji
FormationTamagawa
Member(s)Upper
Age:89.8 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
IntervalConiacian - Santonian
Lithologysiltstone
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences5

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
NE JapanNoda, Kunohe-gun, Iwate Prefecture, JapanKuji - Tamagawa

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Kuji - Tamagawa - Upper86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
siltstone4

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Bacutriletes sp.
genus
6Plantae : Bacutriletes89.8 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Erlansonisporites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Lycophyta : Erlansonisporites89.8 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Trileites sp.
genus
6Trileites89.8 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Verrutriletes sp.
genus
6Plantae : Verrutriletes89.8 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ornithischia
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Crocodylia
order
4Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Adocus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Adocidae : Adocus86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Nanhsiungchelyidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Nanhsiungchelyidae86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Takahashi M., Crane P. R., et al (2001) Fossil Megaspores of Marsileales and Selaginellales from the Upper Coniacian to Lower Santonian (Upper Cretaceous) of the Tamagawa Formation (Kuji Group) in Northeastern Japan, International Journal of Plant Sciences 162 2, 431-439
Hirayama R., Kobayashi Y., et al (2010) Preliminary report of terrestrial vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous Tamagawa Formation of the Kuji Group of Kuji City, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Journal of Fossil Research 42 2, 74-82
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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