Tochikubo Formation Explained

Tochikubo Formation
Type:Geological formation
Prilithology:Sandstone, Shale
Country:Japan
Unitof:Somanakamura Group
Underlies:Nakanosawa Formation
Overlies:Yamagami Formation
Thickness:Up to 350 m
Extent:Abukuma Highlands, eastern Honshu
Area:Japan
Period:Oxfordian

The Tochikubo Formation is a Jurassic geologic formation in northern Honshu, Japan, dating to the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1] As well as the Bennettitalean Kimuriella.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. Pott . Christian . Takimoto . Hideo . 2022-04-01 . Kimuriella gen. nov. (Bennettitales), a Whole-Plant Bennettite from the Oxfordian (Upper Jurassic) Tochikubo Formation of Shidazawa, Minamisōma, Fukushima Prefecture, Northeast Japan . Paleontological Research . 26 . 2 . 10.2517/PR200020 . 1342-8144.