Kamikitaba Assemblage (Cretaceous of Japan)

Also known as Sample F-16

Where: Honshu, Japan (37.2° N, 141.0° E: paleocoordinates 49.5° N, 131.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Asamigawa Member (Ashizawa Formation), Early/Lower Coniacian (89.3 - 85.8 Ma)

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• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: alluvial fan; carbonaceous lignite

• The Asamigawa member is interpreted as an alluvial fan deposit comprisisng poorly-sorted sandstones and siltsones, some of which contain abundant plant material. More information in Ando et al. (1995) and Takahashi et al. (1999).

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: charcoalification

Collection methods: surface (in situ), chemical, mechanical, sieve,

Primary reference: M. Takahashi, P. S. Herendeen, and P. R. Crane. 2001. Lauraceous fossil flower from the Kamikitaba locality (Lower Coniacian; Upper Cretaceous) in northeastern Japan. Journal of Plant Reasearch 114:429-434 [H. Wang/M. Arakaki/M. Arakaki]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31444: authorized by Hongshan Wang, entered by Monica Arakaki on 13.05.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Angiospermae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Lauranthus futabensis n. gen. n. sp.
Lauranthus futabensis n. gen. n. sp. Takahashi et al. 2001 laurel