Mifune Group Explained

Mifune Group
Type:	Geological formation
Age:	Late Cretaceous,
Period:	Late Cretaceous
Subunits:	Jobu Formation, Kabu Formation, Mihune Formation
Overlies:	Unconformity with metamorphic rocks and Permian Mizukoshi Formation
Thickness:	Over 1500 metres

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

Notes and References

1. Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press pp.517-607 .
2. Hirayama . Ren . 1998 . Fossil turtles from the Mifune Group (Late Cretaceous) of Kumamoto Prefecture, Western Japan .
3. 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 . . 106046 . 10.1016/j.cretres.2024.106046 . 0195-6671.