Ohyamashimo Formation


The Ohyamashimo Formation is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation, distributed in Tamba and Tamba-Sasayama, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. It has been dated to the early-mid Albian, between 112.1 ± 0.4 Ma and 106.4 ± 0.4 Ma. The depositional environment represents a fluvial system with a subhumid to semi-arid climate. The Ohyamashimo Formation was called the 'Lower Formation' of the Sasayama Group before it was named in 2017.

Fossil content

Dinosaurs

Ornithischians

Saurischians

Sauropods
Theropods
Indeterminate theropod dental remains are known from the Kamitaki Bonebed Quarry, Tamba.

Squamates

Amphibians

Mammals

Crustaceans

Molluscs

Bivalves

Gastropods

Oofossils