Kiyosu-e Formation
The Kiyosu-e Formation is a Middle Jurassic (Callovian) to Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) geologic formation of the Toyonishi Group in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.[3]
| Kiyosu-e Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Callovian-Berriasian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Toyonishi Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Siltstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 34.1°N 131.0°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 40.9°N 139.5°E |
| Region | Yamaguchi Prefecture |
| Country |  Japan |
  Kiyosu-e Formation (Japan) | |
Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[1]
See also
References
- Kiyosue Formation in the Paleobiology Database
- Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.570
- Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
- Azuma & Tomida, 1997
- Yamada & Kato, 2002
Bibliography
- ; , and . 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
- , and . 2002. Regnellites nagashimae gen. et sp. nov., the oldest macrofossil of Marsileaceae from the upper Jurassic to lower Cretaceous of western Japan. International Journal of Plant Sciences 163. 715-723.
- , and . 1997. Japanese dinosaurs in P. J. Currie, K. Padian (eds.), 375–379. Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs.
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