Proboscidean footprint fossils from the Lower Pleistocene Okui Formation on the river bed of Chikuma River, Saku Basin, Nagano Prefecture, Central Japan.

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  • 長野県佐久盆地千曲川河床の下部更新統大杭層産長鼻類足跡化石

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Many proboscidean footprint fossils were found from the Lower Pleistocene Okui Formation in the Komoro Group at the Chikuma River in Tomi City, Nagano Prefecture. The stratigraphic horizon containing the trace fossils are situated about 2 meters above the Hakeyama Pumice Tuff (ca. 1.3 Ma). The trackmaker was most likely Stegodon aurorae (Matsumoto), based on the morphological characteristics of the footprints and proboscidean biostratigraphy of Japan. The palaeoenvironment of the horizon containing the footprints is considered to be formed at flood plain based on sedimentary facies and associated plant and molluskan fossils.

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  • CRID
    1390001205195391616
  • NII Article ID
    130004714652
  • DOI
    10.9795/bullgsj.56.127
  • ISSN
    2186490X
    13464272
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
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    • CiNii Articles
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