Osaka Group - west of Katagihara (Pleistocene of Japan)

Where: Kyoto City, Japan (34.9° N, 135.8° E: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 135.4° E)

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• ca. 0.6 m.y.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandy siltstone

• Sandy silt bed just above the Ma 5-marine clay bed.

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

Primary reference: T. Nasu and K. Seto. 1976. Fossil macrospores and massulae of Salvinia natans from the Pliocene and the Quaternary sediments in the Kinki and Tokai districts, Japan. Bulletin of the Osaka Museum of Natural History 30(1):37-48 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 168082: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 15.04.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Lepidobalanus sp., Graminaea indet.
Angiospermae
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
Tilia sp.
Tilia sp. Linnaeus 1753 linden
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer sp.
Acer sp. Linnaeus 1753 maple
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Ulmus sp.
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Rosa sp.
Rosa sp. Linnaeus 1753 rose
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Juglans sp.
Juglans sp. Linnaeus 1753 walnut
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus japonica, Alnus sp.
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus sp., Fagus crenata, Fagus microcarpa, Fagus sp., Castanea sp.
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak
Fagus sp. Linnaeus 1753 beech
Castanea sp. Miller 1754 chestnut
 Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
Polygonum sp.
Polygonum sp. Linnaeus 1753 knotweed
P. persicaria type
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae indet., Carex sp.
Cyperaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 sedge
Carex sp. Linnaeus 1753 sedge
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Cupressaceae indet., Chamaecyparis pisifera, Cunninghamia sp.
Cupressaceae indet. Gray 1822 cypress
Cunninghamia sp. Brown cypress
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp., Abies sp., Tsuga sp., Picea sp.
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Abies sp. Miller 1754 fir
Tsuga sp. Carrière 1855
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824 spruce
 Pinales - Sciadopityaceae
Sciadopitys sp.
Sciadopitys sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1842
Polypodiopsida
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae
Salvinia natans, Azolla sp.
Salvinia natans watermoss
Azolla sp. Lamarck 1783
aff. A. japonica