Ohtani, Futto Formation: Early Pliocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Weigera sp. microspore
Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxodiaceae
Taxodiaceae indet. microspore Saporta 1865
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
Pseudolarix sp. microspore Gordon and Glendinning 1858
Keteleeria sp. microspore Carrière 1866
Tsuga sp. microspore Carrière 1855
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Onagraceae
Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae
Gramineae indet. microspore de Jussieu
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
P. persicaria type
Angiospermae - Lamiales - Oleaceae
Angiospermae - Asterales - Asteraceae
Angiospermae - Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
Angiospermae - Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Angiospermae - Cornales - Nyssaceae
Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Nuphar sp. microspore Smith 1809
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Angiospermae - Malvales - Tiliaceae
Angiospermae - Rosales - Ulmaceae
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae
Pterocarya sp. microspore Kunth 1824
Carya sp. microspore Nuttall 1818
Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae
Castanea sp. microspore Miller 1754
Polypodiopsida - Salviniales - Salviniaceae
Salvinia natans megaspore, microspore
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Aichi
Coordinates: 34.8° North, 136.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.6° North, 136.1° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
Stage: Zanclean 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Early Pliocene
Age range of interval: 5.333 - 3.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Lower part of the Futto Formation of the Tokoname Group (Makinouchi, 1975).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lignite
Lithology description: a lignite seam intercalated in the Ohtani volcaniclastic layers-
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:adpression
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:168063
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:C. Jaramillo
Modifier:M. Uhen
Created:2015-04-14 17:43:31 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2015-04-14 17:43:31
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
54799.fossil record 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]