Kuwajima Formation
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The Kuwajima Formation is an Early Cretaceous
Early Cretaceous
The Early Cretaceous or the Lower Cretaceous , is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous...

 geologic formation. Dinosaur
Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...

 remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, including Albalophosaurus yamaguchiorum
Albalophosaurus
Albalophosaurus is a genus of cerapod ornithischian dinosaur. It was described in 2009 from remains found in 1997 by Yoshinori Kobayashi from the Kuwajima Formation of central Japan, outcropping in Hakusan in the Ishikawa Prefecture...

. The multituberculate mammals Hakusanobaatar matsuoi and Tedoribaatar reini have also been recovered from it.
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