Genus: Kaganais EVANS, MANABE, NORO, ISAJI & YAMAGUCHI, 2006
Etymology: Kaga, an old name for Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, and Latin, naias,
"a water nymph."
Species: hakusanensis EVANS, MANABE, NORO, ISAJI & YAMAGUCHI,
2006
Etymology: From Hakusan, the mountain that gives its name to the region and
to Kakusan City, Honshu Island, Japan.
Holotype: SBEI 1568
Locality: 'Kaseki-Kabe', or fossil cliff, Kuwyajima, Kakusan City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan.
Horizon: Kuwajima Formation, Itoshiro Subgroup, Tetori Group.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Neocomian Stage, Lower Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.
Material: Part and counter part of an articulated partial skeleton comparisinsg parts of the dorsal vertebral series, and parts of the tail, pelvis and hind limbs.
Referred material:
SBEI 195: Partial left and right dentaries.
SBEI 196-197, 199, 258, 260-261, 567, 834, 836-838, 845, 1266, 1532, 1793-1796, 1800, 2007, 2012: Blocks bearing cervical, dorsal and or caudal vetebrae and ribs.
SBEI 1799: Association of vertebrae, ribs, a partial right maxilla and a left quadrate.