Amagodani Formation Explained

Amagodani Formation
Type:	Geological formation
Period:	Valanginian
Prilithology:	Sandstone
Otherlithology:	Mudstone
Region:	Gifu Prefecture
Coordinates:	36°N 136.9°W
Paleocoordinates:	44°N 138.8°W
Unitof:	Tetori Group
Underlies:	Okura Formation
Overlies:	Okurodani Formation

The Amagodani Formation is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation in Japan. An indeterminate iguanodontian tooth has been recovered from the formation.^[1] as well as indeterminate pterosaur remains.^[2] Dinosaur footprints are also known from the formation.^[3]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils

References

Bibliography

• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. 

Notes and References

1. Y. Hasegawa, M. Manabe, S. Isaji, M. Ohkura, I. Shibata and I. Yamaguchi. 1995. Terminally resorbed iguanodontid teeth from the Neocomian Tetori Group, Ishikawa and Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series C 21(1, 2):35-49
2. D. M. Unwin. 1996. First record of pterosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Tetori Group: a wing-phalange from the Amagodani Formation in Shokawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series C 22:37-46
3. Y. Azuma and K.-i. Takeyama. 1991. Dinosaur footprints from the Tetori Group, central Japan—research of dinosaurs from the Tetori Group (4). Bulletin of the Fukui Prefectural Museum 4:33-51