List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Coniferales
- Cupressaceae
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Taxodium dubium
(Sternberg 1824)
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2 specimens | ||||||
| original and current combination Phyllites dubius | |||||||
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Angiospermae
- Poales
- Poaceae
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? Phragmites sp.
Adanson 1763
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Dipsacales
- Caprifoliaceae
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Lonicera sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Aquifoliales
- Aquifoliaceae
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Ilex cf. serrata
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Lamiales
- Oleaceae
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Fraxinus sanzugawaensis
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7 specimens | ||||||
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Fraxinus sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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2 specimens | ||||||
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? Syringa sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Cornales
- Cornaceae
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Cornus cf. miowalteri
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Moraceae
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"Ficus" tiliaefolia
(Br)
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16 specimens | ||||||
| original and current combination Cordia tiliaefolia | |||||||
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Angiospermae
- Malpighiales
- Salicaceae
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Salix hokkaidoensis
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Salix ksuzukii
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Salix muraii
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Salix parasachalinensis
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Salix sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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5 specimens | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Betulaceae
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Ostrya sp.
Scopoli 1760
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Alnus cf. japonica
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104 specimens | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Rosales
- Papilionaceae
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Sophora hokiana
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Rosales
- Rosaceae
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Rosa usyuensis
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18 specimens | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Fabales
- Fabaceae
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Caesalpinia hokiana
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Cercis miochinensis
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Sapindales
- Sapindaceae
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? Sapindus sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Sapindales
- Rutaceae
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Euodia rutaecarpa
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Gunma |
| Coordinates: | 36.3° North, 139.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.6° North, 137.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Late/Upper Tertiary | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene |
| *International age/stage: | Tortonian - Messinian | ||
| Key time interval: | Tortonian - Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: The sediments of this locality are stratigraphically slightly above the upper tuff, which is contained in Locality G. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | original carbon |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Alnus occupies about 60% of the total specimens, followed by Rosa and Ficus. No species of evergreen broad leaved trees are found. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 21258 | ||
| Authorizer: | H. Sims | Enterer: | H. Lindon |
| Modifier: | J. Cassara | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2002-06-24 06:00:46 | Last modified: | 2004-02-04 08:56:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-06-24 06:00:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6513. | 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] |