Akaiwa Formation
The Akaiwa Formation (Japanese: 赤岩層, romanized: Akaiwa-sō) 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
| Akaiwa Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Hauterivian-Barremian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Tetori Group |
| Underlies | Kitadani Formation |
| Overlies | Kuwajima Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 36.2°N 136.7°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 46.1°N 138.3°E |
| Region | Honshu |
| Country | Japan |
Akaiwa Formation (Japan) | |
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