Earth:Akazaki Formation

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Short description: Geologic formation in Japan
Akazaki Formation
Stratigraphic range: Coniacian
TypeGeological formation
Location
RegionFukuoka Prefecture
CountryJapan

The Akazaki Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in Kyushu, Japan .

Fossils

Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.[1] A tillodont specimen similar to Trogosus was described from this unit by Miyata (2007).[2]

See also

  • List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
    • List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils

Footnotes

  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. Kazunori Miyata. (2007). New Material of Asian Trogosus (Tillodontia, Mammalia) from the Akasaki Formation, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27(1), 176-188. Retrieved March 3, 2020, from www.jstor.org/stable/4524676

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.