16Fossil sites
Kashima Formation
Kashima Formation in Japan: 16 fossil sites. Typical age: 90–86 million years (Cretaceous).
16Fossil sites
31Finds
90–86 million yearsTypical age
CretaceousMain period
Where its fossils were found
Cretaceous
By geological period
Cretaceous16
What was found
Dinosaurs · 2Yezosaurus, Chupkaornis
Mosasaurs · 2Taniwhasaurus
Ammonites · 27Yezoites, Eupachydiscus, Damesites, Tetragonites, Yokoyamaoceras, Gaudryceras, Scaphites, Clioscaphites, Polyptychoceras, Neocrioceras, Tongoboryceras
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Other formations of the same period
Cretaceous
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