Chausuyama Flora Locality: Miocene - Pliocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Cornopteris sp.
2 specimens
Deutzia sp.
1 specimen
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
Pseudotsuga tanaii
3 specimens
Tsuga miosieboldiana Ozaki 1974
4 specimens
Abies protofirma
4 specimens
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia affinis Lesquereux 1876
6 specimens
Glyptostrobus europaeus (Brongniart 1833)
16 specimens
original and current combination Taxodium europaeum
Taxodium dubium (Sternberg 1824)
5 specimens
original and current combination Phyllites dubius
Thuja nipponica
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Ericales - Styracaceae
Styrax protoobassia
1 specimen
Halesia sp. Linnaeus 1759
2 specimens
Angiospermae - Ericales - Symplocaceae
Symplocos cf. coreana
2 specimens
Angiospermae - Ericales - Ericaceae
Rhododendron hokiense
3 specimens
Rhododendron sp. Linnaeus 1753
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis naumannii
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Moraceae
Ficus sp. Linnaeus 1753
1 specimen
"Ficus" tiliaefolia (Br)
11 specimens
original and current combination Cordia tiliaefolia
Angiospermae - Rosales - Ulmaceae
Zelkova ungeri Kovats 1865
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Rhamnus sp. Linnaeus 1753
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix cf. integra Göppert 1852
1 specimen
replaced by Salix wyomingensis
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus cf. japonica
125 specimens
Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae
Juglans japonica
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae
Wisteria fallax
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Rutaceae
Fagara sp. Linnaeus 1759
2 specimens
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer sp. Linnaeus 1753
4 specimens
Acer nordenskioeldii
1 specimen
Acer rotundatum
1 specimen
Acer tricuspidatum Braun 1845
10 specimens
synonym of Acer trilobatum
Angiospermae - Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
Lonicera sp. Linnaeus 1753
3 specimens
Angiospermae - Lamiales - Oleaceae
? Ligustrum sp. Linnaeus 1753
6 specimens
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Sassafras sp. Nees 1831
2 specimens
Cinnamomum cf. camphora
2 specimens
Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae
Bambusites sp. Ettingshausen 1886
14 specimens
? Phragmites sp. Adanson 1763
16 specimens
Angiospermae - Poales - Cyperaceae
Carex spp.
3 specimens
Angiospermae - Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnolia sp. Linnaeus 1753
1 specimen
Polypodiopsida - Blechnaceae
Woodwardia sp. Smith 1793
4 specimens
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Athyriaceae
Diplazium sp. Swartz 1800
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Nagano
Coordinates: 36.6° North, 138.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.0° North, 135.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene
*Period:Late/Upper Tertiary *Epoch:Miocene - Pliocene
Key time interval:Miocene - Pliocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chausuyama
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Lithology description: Well preserved leaf impressions occur in a tuffaceous siltstone bed. The plant bearing rocks belong to the basal part of the Chausuyama quartzose sandstone and mudstone Formation by Tomizawa, the Odagiri Member by Saito and the Komiji Member by Kimura and Hayashi. This fossil locality is included in a known landslide area, and well preserved plant fossils were reported to have occurred in boulders within landslide derbis.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:original carbon
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:22789
Authorizer:H. Sims Enterer:H. Lindon
Modifier:J. Cassara Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-06-26 06:25:38 Last modified:2004-02-03 16:07:44
Access level:the public Released:2002-06-26 06:25:38
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]