Tochikubo Formation

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Tochikubo Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Jurassic Oxfordian
Type Geological formation
Unit of Somanakamura Group
Underlies Nakanosawa Formation
Overlies Yamagami Formation
Area Japan
ThicknessUp to 350 m
Lithology
Primary Sandstone, Shale
Location
Country Japan
Extent Abukuma Highlands, eastern Honshu

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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  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). doi:10.2517/PR200020. ISSN   1342-8144.

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