Akazaki Formation

Akasaki Formation
Akasaki Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Eocene
Type	Geological formation
Location
Region	Fukuoka Prefecture
Country	Japan

The Akazaki Formation is a Cenozoic geologic formation in Kyushu, Japan.

Fossils

Mammal remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[1] A tillodont specimen similar to Trogosus was described from this unit by Miyata (2007).^[2]

Footnotes

↑ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271706837_EOCENE_MAMMALS_FROM_THE_AKASAKI_AND_NAKAKOSHIKI_FORMATIONS_WESTERN_KYUSHU_JAPAN_PRELIMINARY_WORK_AND_CORRELATION_WITH_ASIAN_LAND_MAMMAL_AGES
↑ Kazunori Miyata. (2007). New Material of Asian Trogosus (Tillodontia, Mammalia) from the Akasaki Formation, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27(1), 176-188. Retrieved March 3, 2020, from www.jstor.org/stable/4524676

References

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/82931

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[2] Kazunori Miyata. (2007). New Material of Asian Trogosus (Tillodontia, Mammalia) from the Akasaki Formation, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27(1), 176-188. Retrieved March 3, 2020, from www.jstor.org/stable/4524676

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Akazaki Formation

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Footnotes

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