Mifune Group

The Mifune Group or Mihune Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in Japan. It contains dinosaur fossils.[1]

Mifune Group
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous,
TypeGeological formation
Sub-unitsJobu Formation, Kabu Formation, Mihune Formation
OverliesUnconformity with metamorphic rocks and Permian Mizukoshi Formation
ThicknessOver 1500 metres
Location
Country Japan

Fossils

Fossils found in the unit include indeterminate dinosaur remains, as well as the turtles Adocus, Shachemys, and Tienfucheloides.[2][1]

See also

Footnotes

  1. Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press pp.517-607 ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. Hirayama, Ren (1998). Fossil turtles from the Mifune Group (Late Cretaceous) of Kumamoto Prefecture, Western Japan (Thesis).


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