2nd Asian Palaeontological Congress, TOKYO2nd Asian Palaeontological
Congress, TOKYO

3rd(Thu)‐7th(Mon) August 2023

Venue: TOKYO, JAPAN

Field Trips

Tentative schedules for in total of four field trips, one for pre-congress and three for post-congress, are listed below. Application will begin at 9:00 am JST on May 19, through the registration site (https://amarys-jtb.jp/2ndasian/). The tentative schedules have also been informed to those who have registered for APC2 by e-mail.

I: Chubu Area (pre-congress, 4 days, from July 31 to Aug. 3, 2023)

Triassic to Jurassic succession in pelagic setting in Inuyama, central Japan
Fee: 55,000 JPY (Itinerary)
Field leaders: TBA
Meeting: Comfort Hotel Nagoya Shinkansenguchi, Nagoya, Aichi
Dissmissed: JR Nagoya Station, Nagoya, Aichi

 

Triassic cherty deposits in Inuyama, Aichi

 

II: Hokuriku Area (post-congress, 4 days, from August 8 to August 11, 2023)

Upper Mesozoic marine and non-marine deposits in Tetori area, northern Central Japan: A unique window into the Early Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem in Asian eastern margin
Fee: 85,000 JPY (Itinerary)
Field leaders: Shin-ichi SANO (University of Toyama), Nao KUSUHASHI (Ehime University), Atsushi YABE (National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo)
Meeting: JR Kanazawa Station, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
Dissmissed: JR Kanazawa Station, Kanazawa, Ishikawa

 

Fossil Ginkgo from the Tetori Gourp, Hakusan, Ishikawa (© Shiramine Inst. Palaeont., Hakusan City)

 

Trip highlights:

  1. Lower Cretaceous non-marine seccessions and fossils in the Tetori Group of the Kuwajima Fossil Bluff and the Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry in
    Hakusan Area
  2. Exhibits at Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, one of Japan’s largest natural history museums featuring dinosaurs of the world
  3. Middle Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous marine to non-marine deposits and fossils of the Kuzuryu Group in Kuzuryu Area, Ono, Fukui
  4. Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous marine to non-marine deposits and fossils of the Tetori Group in Shokawa Area, Takayama, Gifu

III: Hokkaido Area A (post-congress, 4 days, from August 8 to August 11, 2023)

Mid- to Upper Cretaceous Yezo Group in Hokkaido: Ammonites and other marine fossils
Fee: 110,000 JPY (Itinerary)
Field leaders: Daisuke AIBA (Fukada Geological Institute), Tomoki KARASAWA (Mikasa City Museum)
Meeting: Domestic Terminal, Tokyo International (Haneda) Airport, Ota, Tokyo
Dismissed: Domestic Terminal, Tokyo International (Haneda) Airport, Ota, Tokyo

 

Gigantic inoceramid bivalves from the Yezo Group, Hokkaido

 

Trip highlights:

  1. Cretaceous marine fauna (especially, ammonoids and inoceramids) in Hokkaido at Mikasa City Museum (day 2)
  2. Field excursion of the Cretaceous marine deposits, Yezo Group, and marine molluscan fossils (ammonoids and inoceramids) in Mikasa area (day 2)
  3. Field excursion of the Cretaceous marine deposits, Yezo Group, and marine molluscan fossils (ammonoids and inoceramids) in Kotanbetsu and Tappu areas (day 3).

IV: Hokkaido Area B (post-congress, 3 days, from August 8 to August 10, 2023) 

Museums, Culture and Nature of Hokkaido
Fee: 99,000 JPY (Itinerary)
Field leaders: TBA
Meeting: TBA
Dismissed: TBA