Kiyosu-e Formation

Kiyosu-e Formation
Kiyosu-e Formation
Stratigraphic range: Callovian-Berriasian; ~163–140 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Toyonishi Group
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Siltstone
Location
Coordinates	34°06′N 131°00′E / 34.1°N 131.0°E
Approximate paleocoordinates	40°54′N 139°30′E / 40.9°N 139.5°E
Region	Yamaguchi Prefecture
Country	Japan
	Kiyosu-e Formation (Japan)

The Kiyosu-e Formation is a Middle Jurassic (Callovian) to Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) geologic formation of the Toyonishi Group in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.

Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation:

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Yamada, T.; Kato, M. (2002), "Regnellites nagashimae gen. et sp. nov., the oldest macrofossil of Marsileaceae from the upper Jurassic to lower Cretaceous of western Japan", International Journal of Plant Sciences, 163 (5): 715–723, doi:10.1086/342036
Azuma, Y.; Tomida, Y. (1997), Japanese dinosaurs in P. J. Currie, K. Padian, Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, pp. 375–379