Karakuwa (Jurassic of Japan)

Also known as PGAP 339

Where: Japan (38.9° N, 141.6° E: paleocoordinates 46.4° N, 144.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Mone Formation, Late/Upper Jurassic (161.5 - 145.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Kimura. 1987. Recent knowledge of Jurassic and Early Cretaceous Floras in Japan and Phytogeography of this Time in East Asia. Bulletin of Tokyo Gakugei University Section IV 39:87-115 [A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 30200: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

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Taxonomic list

• Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
"Nilssonia "sp. 1"" = Nilsonia, "Nilssonia "sp. 2"" = Nilsonia, "Nilssonia "sp. 3"" = Nilsonia, "Nilssonia "sp. 4"" = Nilsonia, "Nilssonia "sp. 5"" = Nilsonia, "Nilssonia "sp. 6"" = Nilsonia, Taeniopteris "sp. 1"
"Nilssonia "sp. 1"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
"Nilssonia "sp. 2"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
"Nilssonia "sp. 3"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
"Nilssonia "sp. 4"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
"Nilssonia "sp. 5"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
"Nilssonia "sp. 6"" = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads
Taeniopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828 cycads
Polypodiopsida
  - Osmundaceae
Todites "sp. 1" Seward 1900
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Adiantopteris "sp. 1" Vassilevskaja 1963
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
Matonidium "sp. 1" Schenk 1871
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Coniopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849 scaly tree fern
  - Polypodiaceae
Onychiopsis "sp. 1" Yokoyama 1895
  -
Cladophlebis "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 2" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 3" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 4" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 5" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 6" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 7" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 8" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 9" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 10" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 11" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 12" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 13" Brongniart 1849
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetites "sp. 1" Sternberg 1833
  - Gleicheniaceae
Gleichenites "sp. 1" Göppert 1836
Hepaticae
  -
Thallites "sp. 1" Walton 1925 liverwort
 Bennettitales -
Pterophyllum "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Zamites "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Zamites "sp. 2" Brongniart 1828
Zamites "sp. 3" Brongniart 1828
Zamites "sp. 4" Brongniart 1828
Ptilophyllum "sp. 1" Morris 1840
Ptilophyllum "sp. 2" Morris 1840
Ptilophyllum "sp. 3" Morris 1840
Otozamites "sp. 1" Braun 1843
Otozamites "sp. 2" Braun 1843
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Nageiopsis "sp. 1" Fontaine 1889 yew
Nageiopsis "sp. 2" Fontaine 1889 yew
Cephalotaxopsis "sp. 1" Fontaine 1889 yew
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae