Kitadani Formation
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The Kitadani Formation is a geological formation in Fukui, Japan whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous
. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Early Cretaceous
The Early Cretaceous or the Lower Cretaceous , is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous...
. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Vertebrate paleofauna
- FukuiraptorFukuiraptorFukuiraptor was a medium-sized carnivore of the Early Cretaceous that lived in what is now Japan. Scientists first thought it was a member of the Dromaeosauridae, but after studying the fossils they now believe it was related to Allosaurus in the family Neovenatoridae. The type specimen is the...
kitadanensis - "Partial skull and associated partial postcranium." - DromaeosauridaeDromaeosauridaeDromaeosauridae is a family of bird-like theropod dinosaurs. They were small- to medium-sized feathered carnivores that flourished in the Cretaceous Period. The name Dromaeosauridae means 'running lizards', from Greek dromeus meaning 'runner' and sauros meaning 'lizard'...
indet - TheropodaTheropodaTheropoda is both a suborder of bipedal saurischian dinosaurs, and a clade consisting of that suborder and its descendants . Dinosaurs belonging to the suborder theropoda were primarily carnivorous, although a number of theropod groups evolved herbivory, omnivory, and insectivory...
indet - Theropod tracksAnimal tracksAnimal tracks are the imprints left behind in soil, snow, mud, or other ground surfaces that an animal walk across. Animal tracks are used by hunters in tracking their prey and by naturalists to identify animals living in a given area....
- Avialan tracks
- Titanosauriformes indet
- Sauropod indet
- Sauropod tracks
- Ornithischian tracks
- FukuisaurusFukuisaurusFukuisaurus is a genus of herbivorous dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. It was an ornithopod which lived in what is now Japan....
tetoriensis - "Skull." - Iguanodontia indet
- PsittacosaurusPsittacosaurusPsittacosaurus is a genus of psittacosaurid ceratopsian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period of what is now Asia, about 130 to 100 million years ago. It is notable for being the most species-rich dinosaur genus...
sp. - DinosaurDinosaurDinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
eggsEgg (biology)An egg is an organic vessel in which an embryo first begins to develop. In most birds, reptiles, insects, molluscs, fish, and monotremes, an egg is the zygote, resulting from fertilization of the ovum, which is expelled from the body and permitted to develop outside the body until the developing...
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