{{short description|Geologic formation in Japan}} {{One source | date = April 2019 }} {{Infobox rockunit | name = Matsuo Group | image = | caption = | type = Geological formation | age = {{fossilrange|Hauterivian|Barremian}} | prilithology = | otherlithology = | namedfor = | namedby = | region = Mie Prefecture | country = Japan | coordinates = | unitof = | subunits = | underlies = | overlies = | thickness = | extent = | area = | map = | map_caption = }} The '''Matsuo Group''' is an Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian - Barremian-aged) geologic formation in Japan. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus ("Tobasaurus").<ref name="dinosaurdistribution">Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Earth sciences|Paleontology|Dinosaurs||}} * List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations ** List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils
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==References== * Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. {{ISBN|0-520-24209-2}}.
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Category:Geologic groups of Asia Category:Geologic formations of Japan Category:Mesozoic Erathem of Asia
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