Kitadani Formation

Updated on Dec 24, 2024

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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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