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Taxa Saurolophus

2014-03-25 12.46.48

Japan Saurolophus
Rebun Island lies in the Sea of Japan off the northwestern tip of Hokkaido and is part of the Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park. Momoiwa ("Peach Rock") was created in a relatively new era of Rebun Island's strata when underground magma pushed the earth's surface upward where it cooled into a huge spherical rock formation. Spheroidal joints (plate-shaped joints on the surface) peeled away like the skin of an onion, revealing the scree, which cooled at a slower rate than the surface, creating the columnar jointing that can be seen.
Intervals Serravallian

Rebun Island lies in the Sea of Japan off the northwestern tip of Hokkaido and is part of the Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park. Momoiwa ("Peach Rock") was created in a relatively new era of Rebun Island's strata when underground magma pushed the earth's surface upward where it cooled into a huge spherical rock formation. Spheroidal joints (plate-shaped joints on the surface) peeled away like the skin of an onion, revealing the scree, which cooled at a slower rate than the surface, creating the columnar jointing that can be seen.

skin Japan formation
エプデキシプテリクス。 また噛みそうな名前だけど、これもすごい。 この長い尾羽が特徴。
Taxa Scansoriopterygidae

エプデキシプテリクス。 また噛みそうな名前だけど、これもすごい。 この長い尾羽が特徴。

Japan Scansoriopterygidae
Utatsusaurus hataii, an Early Triassic Ichthyosaur from Japan, pencil drawing
Taxa Grippiidae

Utatsusaurus hataii, an Early Triassic Ichthyosaur from Japan, pencil drawing

drawing Japan Early Triassic Triassic +4
Collage of six tyrannosaurids, clockwise from top left: Tyrannosaurus, Daspletosaurus, Tarbosaurus, Gorgosaurus, Zhuchengtyrannus and Alioramus. This montage was made for the article Tyrannosauridae on Wikipedia. File:OriginalPecks.jpg File:Daspletosaurus at the Science Center of Iowa.jpg File:Tarbosaurus baatar skeleton.jpg File:Alioramus Te Papa.jpg File:Zhuchengtyrannus mount.jpg File:Gorgosaurus in Japan.jpg
Taxa Tyrannosauridae

Collage of six tyrannosaurids, clockwise from top left: Tyrannosaurus, Daspletosaurus, Tarbosaurus, Gorgosaurus, Zhuchengtyrannus and Alioramus. This montage was made for the article Tyrannosauridae on Wikipedia. File:OriginalPecks.jpg File:Daspletosaurus at the Science Center of Iowa.jpg File:Tarbosaurus baatar skeleton.jpg File:Alioramus Te Papa.jpg File:Zhuchengtyrannus mount.jpg File:Gorgosaurus in Japan.jpg

Japan Alioramus Aublysodontidae Daspletosaurus +8
Collage of six tyrannosaurids, clockwise from top left: Tyrannosaurus, Daspletosaurus, Tarbosaurus, Gorgosaurus, Zhuchengtyrannus and Alioramus. This montage was made for the article Tyrannosauridae on Wikipedia. File:OriginalPecks.jpg File:Daspletosaurus at the Science Center of Iowa.jpg File:Tarbosaurus baatar skeleton.jpg File:Alioramus Te Papa.jpg File:Zhuchengtyrannus mount.jpg File:Gorgosaurus in Japan.jpg
Taxa Shanshanosauridae

Collage of six tyrannosaurids, clockwise from top left: Tyrannosaurus, Daspletosaurus, Tarbosaurus, Gorgosaurus, Zhuchengtyrannus and Alioramus. This montage was made for the article Tyrannosauridae on Wikipedia. File:OriginalPecks.jpg File:Daspletosaurus at the Science Center of Iowa.jpg File:Tarbosaurus baatar skeleton.jpg File:Alioramus Te Papa.jpg File:Zhuchengtyrannus mount.jpg File:Gorgosaurus in Japan.jpg

Japan Alioramus Aublysodontidae Daspletosaurus +8
Collage of six tyrannosaurids, clockwise from top left: Tyrannosaurus, Daspletosaurus, Tarbosaurus, Gorgosaurus, Zhuchengtyrannus and Alioramus. This montage was made for the article Tyrannosauridae on Wikipedia. File:OriginalPecks.jpg File:Daspletosaurus at the Science Center of Iowa.jpg File:Tarbosaurus baatar skeleton.jpg File:Alioramus Te Papa.jpg File:Zhuchengtyrannus mount.jpg File:Gorgosaurus in Japan.jpg
Taxa Aublysodontidae

Collage of six tyrannosaurids, clockwise from top left: Tyrannosaurus, Daspletosaurus, Tarbosaurus, Gorgosaurus, Zhuchengtyrannus and Alioramus. This montage was made for the article Tyrannosauridae on Wikipedia. File:OriginalPecks.jpg File:Daspletosaurus at the Science Center of Iowa.jpg File:Tarbosaurus baatar skeleton.jpg File:Alioramus Te Papa.jpg File:Zhuchengtyrannus mount.jpg File:Gorgosaurus in Japan.jpg

Japan Alioramus Aublysodontidae Daspletosaurus +8
Skeleton of Thililua longicollis. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.
Taxa Thililua

Skeleton of Thililua longicollis. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.

museum Japan Thililua skeleton
Holotype specimen of Linheraptor exquisitus, the blocks including nearly the entire skeleton.
Taxa Linheraptor

Holotype specimen of Linheraptor exquisitus, the blocks including nearly the entire skeleton.

Japan holotype specimen Linheraptor +1
Squelette partiel de Wulatesaurus.
Taxa Bannykus

Squelette partiel de Wulatesaurus.

Japan Bannykus partial skeleton
この口の形・・・・Cute＞＜！
Taxa Haplocheirus

この口の形・・・・Cute＞＜！

Japan Haplocheirus
ティラノとそっくりな作りの骨。
Taxa Raptorex

ティラノとそっくりな作りの骨。

Japan Raptorex
右足は最後の一撃か。
Taxa Zhuchengtyrannus

右足は最後の一撃か。

Japan Zhuchengtyrannus
ズニティラノ。
Taxa Suskityrannus

ズニティラノ。

Japan Suskityrannus
首反りすぎ。 いや、なんかポーズが遊びすぎでしょう。 でも見つかった時こうなってたから仕方ない。
Taxa Harpymimus

首反りすぎ。 いや、なんかポーズが遊びすぎでしょう。 でも見つかった時こうなってたから仕方ない。

Japan Harpymimidae Harpymimus
首反りすぎ。 いや、なんかポーズが遊びすぎでしょう。 でも見つかった時こうなってたから仕方ない。
Taxa Harpymimidae

首反りすぎ。 いや、なんかポーズが遊びすぎでしょう。 でも見つかった時こうなってたから仕方ない。

Japan Harpymimidae Harpymimus
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New giant salamander species discovered in 3.5-million-year-old fossils
Japan fossil discovery new species
Fossils discovered in Japan more than two decades ago have finally been identified as a new genus and species of giant salamander. Limnospondylus ajimuensis lived around 3.5 million years ago in a warmer, wetter Kyushu and may have reached 1.1 meters in length. Its discovery hints that many more unknown giant salamanders could be hiding among fossils previously given the wrong classification.
24/07/2026 sciencedaily-paleo
3.5-Million-Year-Old Fossil from Japan Reveals Lost Lineage of Giant Salamanders
3.5-Million-Year-Old Fossil from Japan Reveals Lost Lineage of Giant Salamanders
vertebra Japan fossil new species
A new genus and species of cryptobranchid salamander that lived in lakes in Japan about 3.5 million years ago has been identified from three fossil vertebrae, filling a major gap in the fossil record of one of the world’s oldest amphibian lineages. The post 3.5-Million-Year-Old Fossil from Japan Reveals Lost Lineage of Giant Salamanders appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
21/07/2026 sci-news
A New Unenlagiid Dinosaur from Patagonia (Argentina)
Argentina Japan Cretaceous Late Cretaceous fossil Dinosauria Kank Unenlagiidae discovery formation new species
A team of scientists from Argentina and Japan has described a new species of unenlagiid dinosaur from southern Patagonia. Named Kank australis, this small, theropod dinosaur lived around 70 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous. The fossil remains were discovered in the Chorrillo Formation of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. The discovery helps palaeontologists better
02/06/2026 everythingdinosaur
Who are the Japanese? Huge DNA discovery rewrites history
DNA Japan discovery
Scientists analyzing the genomes of thousands of people across Japan discovered evidence for a previously overlooked third ancestral group, challenging the long-accepted “dual origins” theory. The newly identified ancestry appears linked to the ancient Emishi people of northeastern Japan. Researchers also uncovered inherited Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA connected to conditions like diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.
14/05/2026 sciencedaily-fossils