The Amagodani Formation is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation in Japan. An indeterminate iguanodontian tooth has been recovered from the formation.[1] as well as indeterminate pterosaur remains.[2] Dinosaur footprints are also known from the formation.[3]
| Amagodani Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Tetori Group |
| Underlies | Okura Formation |
| Overlies | Okurodani Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Mudstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 36°00′N 136°54′E / 36.0°N 136.9°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 44°00′N 138°48′E / 44.0°N 138.8°E |
| Region | Gifu Prefecture |
| Country |  Japan |
  Amagodani Formation (Japan) | |
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References edit
- ^ Y. Hasegawa, M. Manabe, S. Isaji, M. Ohkura, I. Shibata and I. Yamaguchi. 1995. Terminally resorbed iguanodontid teeth from the Neocomian Tetori Group, Ishikawa and Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series C 21(1, 2):35-49
- ^ D. M. Unwin. 1996. First record of pterosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Tetori Group: a wing-phalange from the Amagodani Formation in Shokawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series C 22:37-46
- ^ Y. Azuma and K.-i. Takeyama. 1991. Dinosaur footprints from the Tetori Group, central Japan—research of dinosaurs from the Tetori Group (4). Bulletin of the Fukui Prefectural Museum 4:33-51
Bibliography edit
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2