Where: Aichi, Japan (34.8° N, 136.9° E: paleocoordinates 35.5° N, 136.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• Lower part of the Futto Formation of the Tokoname Group (Makinouchi, 1975).

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lignite

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: sieve,

Primary reference: T. Nasu and K. Seto. 1976. Fossil macrospores and massulae of Salvinia natans from the Pliocene and the Quaternary sediments in the Kinki and Tokai districts, Japan. Bulletin of the Osaka Museum of Natural History 30(1):37-48 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 168063: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 14.04.2015

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