Kiyosu-e Formation explained

Kiyosu-e Formation
Type:	Geological formation
Age:	Callovian-Berriasian ~
Period:	Kimmeridgian
Prilithology:	Sandstone
Otherlithology:	Siltstone
Region:	Yamaguchi Prefecture
Country:	Japan
Coordinates:	34.1°N 131°W
Paleocoordinates:	40.9°N 139.5°W
Unitof:	Toyonishi Group

The Kiyosu-e Formation is a Middle Jurassic (Callovian) to Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) geologic formation of the Toyonishi Group in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.^{[1] [2]} Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.^[3]

Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation:^[1]

• Ichnofossils
  • Iguanodontidae indet.^[4]
  • Theropoda indet.^[4]
• Flora
  • Regnellites nagashimae^[5]
  • Otozamites sp.^[5]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
    • Ornithopod tracks

References

Bibliography

Notes and References

1. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=Toyonishi&formation=Kiyosue&group_formation_member=Kiyosue Kiyosue Formation
2. Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.570
3. Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
4. Azuma & Tomida, 1997
5. Yamada & Kato, 2002