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Kitadani Formation

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Type
  
Geological formation

Region
  
Asia

Country
  
Japan

The Kitadani Formation is a geological formation in Fukui, Japan whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

Vertebrate paleofauna

  • Dinosauria:
  • Fukuiraptor kitadanensis - "Partial skull and associated partial postcranium."
  • Fukuititan nipponensis
  • Fukuivenator paradoxus
  • Dromaeosauridae indet
  • Theropoda indet
  • Theropod tracks
  • Avialan tracks
  • Sauropod indet
  • Sauropod tracks
  • Ornithischian tracks
  • Fukuisaurus tetoriensis - "Skull."
  • Psittacosaurus sp.
  • Dinosaur eggs.
  • Koshisaurus katsuyama
  • Aves:
  • Plagioolithus fukuensis (fossil egg)
  • Mammalia:
  • Symmetrolestes parvus

    • References

    Kitadani Formation Wikipedia
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