Earth:Mifune Group
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| Mifune Group Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian | |
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| Type | Geological formation |
| Sub-units | Jobu Formation, Kabu Formation, Mihune Formation |
| Overlies | Unconformity with metamorphic rocks and Permian Mizukoshi Formation |
| Thickness | Over 1500 metres |
| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
The Mifune Group or Mihune Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in Japan. It contains dinosaur fossils.[1]
Fossils
Fossils found in the unit include indeterminate dinosaur remains, the turtles Adocus, Shachemys, and Tienfucheloides, and the pterosaur Nipponopterus.[2][1][3]
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press pp.517-607 ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ↑ Hirayama, Ren (1998). Fossil turtles from the Mifune Group (Late Cretaceous) of Kumamoto Prefecture, Western Japan (Thesis).
- ↑ Zhou, Xuanyu; Ikegami, Naoki; Pêgas, Rodrigo V.; Yoshinaga, Toru; Sato, Takahiro; Mukunoki, Toshifumi; Otani, Jun; Kobayashi, Yoshitsugu (2024-11-16). "Reassessment of an azhdarchid pterosaur specimen from the Mifune Group, Upper Cretaceous of Japan". Cretaceous Research. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2024.106046. ISSN 0195-6671. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0195667124002192.
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