Akaiwa Formation
Introduction The '''Akaiwa Formation''' () is an Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian-Barremian) geologic formation in central Honshu, Japan. Indeterminate ornithischian fossils are known from the formation. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation. As well as the turtle ''Kappachelys''
Fossil content The following fossils have been reported from the formation:* Osteichthyes indet. - 'fish scales';Reptiles* Turtles** ''Kappachelys okurai''* Crocodylomorpha indet. - isolated teeth of small crocodiles* ?Euornithopoda indet. * Neochoristodera indet. - a nearly complete right premaxilla* Ornithopoda indet. - isolated teeth of small ornithopods* ?Theropoda indet. ;Ichnofossils* Ornithischia indet. - tracks
See also * List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations* List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils** List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks*** Ornithopod tracks
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