Kitayama Locality (Miocene to of Japan)

Where: Nagano, Japan (36.0° N, 138.0° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 135.6° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nagaiwa Formation, Miocene to Miocene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology:

• The plant bearing rocks also belong to the lower part of the Bodaira tuff.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original carbon

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 22788: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 26.06.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Keteleeria ezoana
Keteleeria ezoana Tanai 1961
Tanai
Angiospermae
 Poales - Poaceae
Bambusites sp., ? Phragmites sp.
Bambusites sp. Ettingshausen 1886 grass
? Phragmites sp. Adanson 1763 common reed
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Zelkova ungeri
Zelkova ungeri Kovats 1865 zelkova
Kovats
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus protosalicina, Castanea miocrenata
Quercus protosalicina Suzuki 1959 oak
K. Suzuki
Castanea miocrenata chestnut
Tanai et Onoe
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Carpinus heigunensis, Alnus cf. japonica
Carpinus heigunensis hornbeam
Huzioka
Alnus cf. japonica alder
Steud.
 Rosids - Moraceae
Ficus sp.
Ficus sp. Linnaeus 1753 fig