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)
• The Yagii Formation is probably correlated with the Upper Itahana Formation, because they have common features in similar lithology and in lacking marine molluscan fossils.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, 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 22739: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 24.06.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Tilia miohenryana linden
Tilia sp. Linnaeus 1753 linden | |
Acer nordenskioeldii maple
"Acer tricuspidatum" = Acer trilobatum Sternberg 1825 maple
Sapindus tanaii soapnut | |
Lespedeza sp. Michaux 1803 bush clover
Wisteria fallax legume
Cladrastis aniensis yellowwood
? Cladrastis sp. Rafinesque 1824 yellowwood | |
Paliurus protonipponicus buckthorn | |
Salix misaotatewakii willow
Salix parasachalinensis willow
"Salix cf. integra" = Salix wyomingensis Knowlton and Cockerell 1919 willow | |
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak
Quercus miovariabilis Hu and Chaney 1938 oak | |
Alnus cf. japonica alder
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder | |
Magnolia sp. Linnaeus 1753 magnolia | |
Potamogeton sp. Linnaeus 1753 pondweed | |
? Rumex sp. Linnaeus 1753 dock | |
Bambusites sp. Ettingshausen 1886 grass | |
Smilax aff. hokkaidoensis greenbrier | |
Cinnamomum cf. japonicum cinnamon | |
Metasequoia occidentalis Chaney 1951 dawn redwood |