Where: Hirakata, Japan (36.1° N, 139.2° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 137.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Yagii Formation, Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 5.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original carbon
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22744: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 24.06.2002, edited by Jason Cassara
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Angiospermae | |
Smilax aff. hokkaidoensis greenbrier | |
Bambusites sp. Ettingshausen 1886 grass | |
Cinnamomum cf. japonicum, Persea cf. thunbergii, ? Persea sp., Lindera cf. miyataensis, Actinodaphne cf. lancifolia
Cinnamomum cf. japonicum cinnamon
Persea cf. thunbergii laurel
? Persea sp. Gaertner 1805 laurel
Lindera cf. miyataensis laurel
Actinodaphne cf. lancifolia laurel | |
Liquidambar miosinica sweetgum
Parrotia sp. Meyer 1831 ironwood | |
Cercidiphyllum crenatum Brown 1935 katsura | |
? Cocculus sp. de Candolle 1817 | |
Buxus protojaponica Tanai and Onoe 1961 boxwood | |
Lespedeza sp. Michaux 1803 bush clover
Wisteria fallax legume | |
Pterocarya asymmetrosa wingnut | |
Ostrya cf. japonica hophornbeam
Ostrya sp. Scopoli 1760 hophornbeam
Alnus cf. japonica alder
Carpinus heigunensis hornbeam
Corylus subsieboldiana hazel | |
Tilia miohenryana linden
Tilia sp. Linnaeus 1753 linden | |
Acer nordenskioeldii, Acer protomatsumurae, Acer prototrifidium, Acer rotundatum, "Acer tricuspidatum" = Acer trilobatum, Acer protomiyabei, Sapindus tanaii
Acer nordenskioeldii maple
Acer protomatsumurae maple
Acer prototrifidium maple
Acer rotundatum maple
"Acer tricuspidatum" = Acer trilobatum Sternberg 1825 maple
Acer protomiyabei Endo 1950 maple
Sapindus tanaii soapnut | |
Vitis naumannii grapevine | |
Metasequoia occidentalis Chaney 1951 dawn redwood | |
Carpolithes | |