Where: Gifu, Japan (35.4° N, 137.2° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 134.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Yamanouchi Member (Akeyo Formation), Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
• Collected from beds ~5m above Palaeoparadoxia tabatai (Collection No. 91465) (Ozaki 1974)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; tuffaceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: Geological Institute, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
Primary reference: K. Ozaki. 1974. Miocene floras of the Pacific side of central Japan (I) Inkyoyama flora. Science Reports of the Yokohama National University, Section II 21:1-21 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 222791: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 23.10.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
cf. Phragmites sp. Adanson 1763 common reed | |
cf. Carex sp. Linnaeus 1753 sedge | |
Eucommia nipponica n. sp.
| |
Buxus protojaponica Tanai and Onoe 1961 boxwood | |
Magnolia miocenica Hu and Chaney 1938 magnolia | |
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm | |
Pueraria tanaii n. sp., Millettia notoensis
Millettia notoensis Ishida 1970 legume | |
Quercus subvariabilis Tanai 1955 oak
Quercus protosalicina Suzuki 1959 oak | |
Carpinus subyedoensis Kon'no 1931 hornbeam | |
Mallotus protojaponicus n. sp.
| |
Acer cf. nordenskioeldi Nathorst 1883 maple | |
Pinopsida | |
Keteleeria ezoana Tanai 1961
Pinus miocenica Tanai 1961 pine | |
Metasequoia occidentalis Newberry 1863 dawn redwood
cf. Cunninghamia protokonishii Tanai and Onoe 1961 cypress |