Kuwajima Formation

Kuwajima Formation
Stratigraphic range: Barremian-Aptian
Unit of Tetori Group
Location
Country Japan

The Kuwajima Formation is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation,[1] including Albalophosaurus yamaguchiorum.[2]

The multituberculate mammals Hakusanobaatar matsuoi and Tedoribaatar reini are known from the Kuwajima Formation.[3] A member of Tritylodontidae, Montirictus kuwajimaensis, has also been recovered from the unit.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. ↑ Ohashi, Tomoyuki., "BioOne Online Journals", September 2009, accessed January 20, 2011.
  3. ↑ Kusuhashi, Nao., "BioOne Online Journals", September 2008, accessed January 20, 2011.
  4. ↑ Hiroshige Matsuoka, Nao Kusuhashi and Ian J. Corfe (2016). "A new Early Cretaceous tritylodontid (Synapsida, Cynodontia, Mammaliamorpha) from the Kuwajima Formation (Tetori Group) of central Japan". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Online edition:


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