Yagii Flora Locality K (Miocene to of Japan)

Where: Hirakata, Japan (36.1° N, 139.2° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 137.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Yagii Formation, Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone

• The Yagii Formation is probably correlated with the Upper Itahana Formation, because they have common features in similar lithology and in lacking marine molluscan fossils.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: K. Ozaki. 1991. Late Miocene and Pliocene Floras in Central Honshu, Japan. Bulletin of Kanagawa Prefectural Museam Natural Science Special Issue 1-244 [H. Sims/H. Lindon/H. Lindon]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22750: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 24.06.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Angiospermae
 Poales - Poaceae
Bambusites sp.
Bambusites sp. Ettingshausen 1886 grass
 Laurales - Lauraceae
? Persea sp.
? Persea sp. Gaertner 1805 laurel
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Wisteria fallax
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix misaotatewakii
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer protomiyabei
Acer protomiyabei Endo 1950 maple
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Metasequoia occidentalis
Metasequoia occidentalis Chaney 1951 dawn redwood