Tanohata Formation

{{short description|Geologic formation in Japan}}

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}}The Tanohata Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in northeastern Japan. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.