Where: Yamaguchi, Japan (34.0° N, 131.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 124.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Okinoyama Formation (Ube Group), Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: K. Huzioka and E. Takahasi. 1970. The Eocene flora of the Ube coal-field, southwest Honshu, Japan. Journal of the Mining College, Akita University, Series A: Mining Geology 4(5):1-88 [S. Wing/H. Lindon/J. Cassara]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 24481: authorized by Scott Wing, entered by Heather Lindon on 08.08.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Maackia tanaii clam | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ginkgo adiantoides Unger 1845 ginkgo | |
Taiwania japonica cypress
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress
Metasequoia occidentalis Chaney 1951 dawn redwood | |
Podocarpus eocenica podocarp
Podocarpus lancifolius podocarp | |
Pinopsida | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Syzygium chaneyi bush cherry | |
Angiospermae | |
Ligustrum oblongatum privet | |
Callicarpa ubensis verbena | |
Cordia nagatoensis borage | |
Pittosporum tanaii cheesewood
Pittosporum ubense cheesewood | |
Ilex nagatoensis holly | |
Distylium ubeanum witch-hazel | |
Xylosma eoapactis brushholly | |
Sabal chinensis palm | |
Neolitsea ubensis laurel | |
Rhamnus sp. Linnaeus 1753 buckthorn
Paliurus ubensis buckthorn | |
"Milletia sp." = Millettia, Leguminosites sp.
"Milletia sp." = Millettia Wight and Arnott 1834 legume
Leguminosites sp. Bowerbank 1840 legume | |
Myrica ubensis bayberry | |
Cedrela lanceolata mahogany | |
Dodonaea tanaii soapberry | |
Mangifera takashimensis mango | |
Cerbera | |
Thea | |