Akaiwa Formation

Akaiwa Formation
Stratigraphic range: Aptian
~121 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofTetori Group
UnderliesKitadani Formation
OverliesKuwajima Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone, conglomerate
Location
Coordinates36°12′N 136°42′E / 36.2°N 136.7°E / 36.2; 136.7
Approximate paleocoordinates46°06′N 138°18′E / 46.1°N 138.3°E / 46.1; 138.3
RegionHonshu
CountryJapan
Akaiwa Formation is located in Japan
Akaiwa Formation
Akaiwa Formation (Japan)

The Akaiwa Formation (Japanese: 赤岩層, romanized: Akaiwa-sō) is an Early Cretaceous (Aptian) geologic formation in central Honshu, Japan. Fossils of the turtle Kappachelys and indeterminate ornithischians are known from the formation, as well as fossil ornithopod tracks.

Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation:

Reptiles
Ichnofossils

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sakai, Y.; Tsutsumi, Y.; Kusuhashi, N.; Sonoda, T.; Horie, K.; Matsuoka, A. (2019). "Zircon LA-ICP-MS U-Pb age of a tuff from the Akaiwa Formation of the Tetori Group in the Shiramine area, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan". The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan. 125 (3): 255–260. doi:10.5575/geosoc.2018.0062. S2CID 241915460.
  2. ↑ Sakai, Y.; Tsutsumi, Y.; Kusuhashi, N.; Sonoda, T.; Horie, K.; Matsuoka, A. (2019). "Zircon LA-ICP-MS U-Pb age of a tuff from the Akaiwa Formation of the Tetori Group in the Shiramine area, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan". The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan. 125 (3): 255–260. doi:10.5575/geosoc.2018.0062. S2CID 241915460.
  3. 1 2 Hirayama et al., 2013
  4. ↑ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
  5. ↑ Akaiwa Formation in the Paleobiology Database
  6. ↑ Matsukawa & Obata, 1994
  7. ↑ Matsumoto et al., 2014
  8. ↑ Azuma & Tomida, 1995

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