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Mifune, Japan

GroupMifune
Formation(s)Jobu
Kabu
Upper
Age:89.8 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
IntervalCenomanian
Lithologyconglomerate/sandstone, tuff/sandstone
Number of Collections5
Number of Occurrences20

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Mifune AreaKumamoto Prefecture, JapanMifune
Matsubase AreaUki City, Kumamoto Prefecture, JapanMifune
Mifune-ryuKumamoto Prefecture, JapanMifune - Kabu
Amagimi DamKumamoto Prefecture, JapanMifune - Jobu
Amagimi damKumamoto Prefecture, JapanMifune - "Upper"
upper streamKumamoto Prefecture, JapanMifune - "Upper"
Hayashi-daniOno City, Fukui Prefecture, JapanMifune - Jobu
Amagimi DamKumamoto Prefecture, JapanMifune - Jobu
Amagimi DamKumamoto Prefecture, JapanMifune - Jobu

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Kumara99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
mudstone1
Mifune - Jobu99.6 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
mudstone10
Mifune - Kabu99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
sandstone1

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Sorlestes mifunensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Aegialodontidae : Sorlestes : Sorlestes mifunensis99.6 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ceratopsia
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Ceratopsia99.6 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pterodactyloidea
suborder
4.3Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Pterodactyloidea99.6 - 89.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Azhdarchidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Azhdarchidae99.6 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Adocus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Adocidae : Adocus99.6 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Shachemys sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Adocidae : Shachemys99.6 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Nanhsiungchelyidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Nanhsiungchelyidae99.6 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Allosaurus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Allosauridae : Allosaurus99.6 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Tyrannosauridae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Tyrannosauridae99.6 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Megalosauridae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Megalosauridae99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Tetanurae
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Inosaurus : Tetanurae99.6 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Theropoda
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda99.6 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Matsumotoa sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Noetiidae : Matsumotoa100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Glycymeris (Pseudoveletuceta) mifunensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Glycymerididae : Glycymeris : Glycymeris (Pseudoveletuceta) mifunensis100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) concentricus
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Actinoceramus : Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) concentricus100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pinctada sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pteriidae : Pinctada100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Nipponicorbula sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Corbulidae : Nipponicorbula100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pulsidis sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Corbulidae : Pulsidis100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pterotrigonia (Acanthotrigonia) higoensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Megatrigoniidae : Pterotrigonia : Pterotrigonia (Acanthotrigonia) higoensis93.5 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pterotrigonia (Acanthotrigonia) mashikensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Megatrigoniidae : Pterotrigonia : Pterotrigonia (Acanthotrigonia) mashikensis100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pterotrigonia (Ptilotrigonia) mifunensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Megatrigoniidae : Pterotrigonia : Pterotrigonia (Ptilotrigonia) mifunensis93.5 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Trigonioides sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Trigonioididae : Trigonioides100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Hayami I. (1975) A systematic survey of the Mesozoic Bivalvia from Japan, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Bulletin 10
Tamura M., Okazaki Y., et al (1991) [Occurrence of carnosaurian and herbivorous dinosaurs from upper formation of Mifune Group, Japan], Kumamoto Daigaku Kyiku Gakubu kiy. Shizen kagaku 40, 31-45
Okazaki Y., Kitamura N. (1996) The first discovery of a pterosaur from the Cretaceous Mifune Group, Kyushu, Japan, Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History 15, 133-136
Chure D. J., Manabe M., et al (1999) An unusual theropod tooth from the Mifune Group (Late Cenomanian to Early Turonian), Kumamoto, Japan, Proceedings of the Second Gondwanan Dinosaur Symposium, National Science Museum Monographs 15, 291-296
Setoguchi T., Tsubamoto T., et al (1999) An early Late Cretaceous mammal from Japan, with reconsideration of the evolution of tribosphenic molars, Paleontological Research 3 1, 18-28
Manabe M. (1999) The early evolution of the Tyrannosauridae in Asia, Journal of Paleontology 73 6, 1176-1178
Ikegami N., Kellner A. W. A., et al (2000) The presence of an azhdarchid pterosaur in the Cretaceous of Japan, Paleontological Research 4 3, 165-170
Danilov I. G., Syromyatnikova E. V. (2008) New materials on turtles of the family Nanhsiungchelyidae from the Cretaceous of Uzbekistan and Mongolia, with a review of the Nanhsiungchelyid record in Asia, Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 312 1/2, 3-25
Danilov I. G., Sukhanov V. B., et al (2011) New Asiatic materials on turtles of the family Adocidae with a review of the adocid record in Asia, Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences 315 2, 101-132
Carrano M. T., Benson R. B. J., et al (2012) The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda), Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10 2, 211-300 doi:10.1080/14772019.2011.630927
Danilov I. G., Vitek N. S. (2013) Cretaceous Trionychids of Asia: An Expanded Review of Their Record and Biogeography, Morphology and Evolution of Turtles, 419-438
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