The Sebayashi Formation is a Barremian to Albian geologic formation in Japan.[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although only two species, Fukuivenator and Siamosaurus, have been referred to a specific genus.[2]
| Sebayashi Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Barremian-Albian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Sanchu Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, shale |
| Other | Conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 36°06′N 138°48′E / 36.1°N 138.8°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 48°24′N 140°00′E / 48.4°N 140.0°E |
| Region | Gunma, Honshu |
| Country |  Japan |
  Sebayashi Formation (Japan) | |
Paleofauna edit
- Bivalvia indet.[2]
- Dinosauria indet. - "Footprints"[2]
- Ornithopoda indet. - "Footprints"[2]
- Siamosaurus? - "Tooth (GMNH-PV-999)"[2][3]
- Spinosauridae indet. "Tooth (KDC-PV-0003)"[2]
- aff. Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis - "Tooth"[4]
- Theropoda indet. - "Footprints"[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Sebayashi Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ a b c d e f g Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
- ^ Hasegawa et al., 2003
- ^ "A tooth of Fukuiraptor aff. F. kitadaniensis from the Lower Cretaceous Sebayashi Formation, Sanchu Cretaceous, Japan: 東京学芸大学リポジトリ". ir.u-gakugei.ac.jp. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
Bibliography edit
- Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
- Hasegawa, Y; Éric Buffetaut; M. Manabe, and Yuji Takakuwa. 2003. A possible spinosaurid tooth from the Sebayashi Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Gunma, Japan. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 7. 1–5. .