{{confused|Kaub Formation}} {{Infobox rockunit | name = Kabu Formation | image = | caption = | type = Geological formation | age = Cenomanian, <br>~{{fossil range|96}} | period = Cenomanian | prilithology = Mudstone | otherlithology = | namedfor = | namedby = Y. Hasegwa, M. Manabe, and Y. Azuma<ref name=Hasegwa1979 /> | region = Fukui Prefecture | country = Japan | coordinates = {{coord|32.7|N|130.9|E|display=inline,title}} | paleocoordinates = {{coord|45.1|N|124.2|E|display=inline}} | unitof = Mifune Group | subunits = | underlies = Jobu Formation | overlies = Unconformity with metamorphic rocks and Permian Mizukoshi Formation | thickness = probably up to {{convert|1500|m|ft}} deep | extent = | area = | map = {{Location map+ | Japan | relief = 1 | width = 250 | float = center | places = {{Location map~ | Japan | lat_deg = 36.1 | lon_deg = 136.6 | mark = Green pog.svg | marksize = 12 }} }} | map_caption = }}
The '''Kabu Formation'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Kabu Formation|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=70125|publisher=Fossilworks|access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref> is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation of Middle Cenomanian age and is part of the Mifune Group. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus. The formation was named by N. & K. Wasada in 1979.<ref name=Hasegwa1979>Y. Hasegwa, M. Manabe, and Y. Azuma. (1986). Dinosaur fossils and tracks in Japan. In D. D. Gillette and M. G. Lockley (eds.), ''First International Symposium on Dinosaur Tracks and Traces, Abstracts with Program 15''</ref>
==Vertebrate paleofauna== {| class="wikitable" |+ !Genus !Species !Location !Stratigraphic position !Material !Notes !Images |- |Megalosauridae?<ref name="Hasegwa1979" /><ref name=U1984>Hasegawa and Murata, (1984). First Record of Carnivorous Dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Kyushu, Japan. ''Abstract of the Annual Meeting of the Paleontological Society of Japan''.</ref> (nicknamed Mifune-ryu) |Indeterminate<ref name="Hasegwa1979" /><ref name=U1984 /> |Mifune-ryu, Kami-Umeki<ref name="Hasegwa1979" /> | |"Tooth (discovered in 1979)" |Could have been the same animal as ''Mifunesaurus'' | |- |''Mifunesaurus''<ref name=":0">Lambert, D., and the Diagram Group. (1990). ''The Dinosaur Data Book'' . Facts on File: Oxford, England, 320 p.</ref> |No species given<ref name=":0" /> |Mifune-ryu, Kami-Umeki<ref name="Hasegwa1979" /> | |"Tibia, a phalanx, a metatarsus and a single tooth (tooth catalogued as YNUGI 10003; rest of the skeleton catalogued as MDM 341)"<ref name=":0" /> |Informal species. Often referred to Tetanurae indet. | |}
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Category:Geologic formations of Japan Category:Late Cretaceous