Kouwa-cho Locality (Miocene to of Japan)

Where: Kouwa-cho, Japan (34.7° N, 136.9° E: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 135.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Futto Member (Tokoname Formation), Late/Upper Miocene to Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 3.6 Ma)

• Although the precise site is uncertain, Onoe et a. 1986) estimated the horizon of Miki's Loc. 80B is in the upper part of the Kouwa Member as shown in Fig. 17.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: alluvial fan; claystone

• The specimens from Loc. 80A are considered to be obtained from the Alluvium clay bed.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, 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 22827: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 27.06.2002, edited by Jason Cassara

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Trapella antennifera
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Camellia japonica
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Camellia japonica Linnaeus 1753
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Angiospermae
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Brasenia purpurea Caspary 1873 water lily
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Nuphar japonicum water lily
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Castanopsis cuspidata chinquapin
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Quercus stenophylla oak
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
 Fagales - Myricaceae
Myrica rubra bayberry
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
 Rosales - Cannabaceae
Aphananthe aspera hemp
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Berchemia racemosa buckthorn
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Zelkova ungeri Kovats 1865 zelkova
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Mallotus japonicus spurge
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
Symplocos glauca sweetleaf
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Symplocos prunifolia sweetleaf
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Pieris sp. Don 1834 heather
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
 Myrtales - Trapaceae
Trapa anteformata water caltrop
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Trapa incisa water caltrop
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Angiospermae
 Buxales - Buxaceae
Buxus japonica boxwood
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Cinnamomum camphora cinnamon
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Illicium religiosum magnolia
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Metasequoia disticha Miki 1941 dawn redwood
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Sequoia sempervirens Don 1824 coast redwood
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Cunninghamia sp. Brown cypress
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Glyptostrobus pensilis Koch 1873 Chines swamp cypress
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Sciadopityaceae
Sciadopitys verticillata
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pseudolarix kaempferi
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B