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Geologic formation in Japan
Tamayama Formation
Stratigraphic range: Coniacian–Santonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofFutaba Group
Sub-unitsKohisagawa Member, Irimaza Member
UnderliesUnconformity with the Eocene Iwaki Formation
OverliesKasamatsu Formation
Thickness~ 150 metres
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherSiltstone
Location
Regionnorthern Honshu
Country Japan

The Tamayama Formation is a Coniacian-Santonian geologic formation in Japan. Dinosaur remains not referrable to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. The lower and middle part of the formation consists of braided river sandstone, while the upper portion consists of upper shoreface to inner shelf sandstone. Vertebrate taxa from the formation include Futabasaurus and Cretalamna, along with titanosauriform teeth and neosuchian remains. Seeds of the nymphaeales plant Symphaenale futabensis are also known from this formation.

Fossils

Paleofauna

Paleoflora

  • Symphaenale futabensis
  • Esgueiria sp.
  • Hironoia sp.

See also

Footnotes

  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. Ando, Hisao; Seishi, Masao; Oshima, Mitsuharu; Matsumaru, Tetsuya (1995). "Fluvial-Shallow Marine Depositional Systems of the Futaba Group (Upper Cretaceous). Depositional facies and sequences". Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi). 104 (2): 284–303. doi:10.5026/jgeography.104.284. ISSN 0022-135X.
  3. ^ Shimada, K.; Tsuihiji, T.; Sato, T.; Hasegawa, Y. (2010). "A remarkable case of a shark-bitten elasmosaurid plesiosaur". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (2): 592–597. Bibcode:2010JVPal..30..592S. doi:10.1080/02724631003621920. S2CID 128760390.
  4. ^ Saegusa, H.; Tomida, Y. (2011). "Titanosauriform teeth from the Cretaceous of Japan". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 83 (1): 247–265. doi:10.1590/S0001-37652011000100014.
  5. Aiba, H.; Inose, H. (2024). "A New False Fairy Wasp (Hymenoptera: Mymarommatoidea: Mymarommatidae) in Late Cretaceous Iwaki Amber from Futaba Group of Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan". Paleontological Research. 28 (3): 1–8. doi:10.2517/PR230020.
  6. Yoshida, J.; Takahashi, T.; Nabana, S. (2023). "A crocodyliform osteoderm from the Tamayama Formation（Upper Cretaceous） of Fukushima, Japan". Bulletin of the Fukushima Museum. 37: 29–36.
  7. Takahashi, Masamichi; Friis, Else Marie; Crane, Peter R. (March 2007). "Fossil Seeds of Nymphaeales from the Tamayama Formation (Futaba Group), Late Cretaceous (Early Santonian) of Northeastern Honshu, Japan". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 168 (3): 341–350. doi:10.1086/510414. ISSN 1058-5893.
  8. Takahashi, M.; Crane, P.R.; Ando, H. (1999-06-30). "Esgueiria futabensis sp. nov., a new angiosperm flower from the Upper Cretaceous (lower Coniacian) of northeastern Honshu, Japan". Paleontological Research. 3 (2): 81–87.
  9. Takahashi, M.; Crane, P.R.; Manchester, S.R. (2002). "Hironoia fusiformis gen. et sp. nov.; a cornalean fruit from the Kamikitaba locality (Upper Cretaceous, Lower Coniacian) in northeastern Japan". Journal of Plant Research. 115 (6): 463–473. Bibcode:2002JPlR..115..463T. doi:10.1007/s10265-002-0062-6. PMID 12579450.

References

  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.


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