Itahana Flora Locality A: Tortonian - Messinian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
2 specimens
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Rutaceae
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Rosales - Ulmaceae
Zelkova ungeri Kovats 1865
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus aff. glauca Thunberg 1784
2 specimens
6 specimens
5 specimens
2 specimens
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
2 specimens
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Vitales - Vitaceae
? Parthenocissus sp. Planchon 1887
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
4 specimens
Angiospermae - Lamiales - Oleaceae
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Apiales - Pittosporaceae
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
1 specimen
Parrotia sp. Meyer 1831
4 specimens
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Gunma
Coordinates: 36.3° North, 138.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.9° North, 136.9° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Tortonian - Messinian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
*Period:Late/Upper Tertiary *Epoch:Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower - Middle Pliocene
Key time interval: Tortonian - Messinian
Age range of interval: 11.63 - 5.333 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Tomioka Formation:Itahana
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:21224
Authorizer:H. Sims Enterer:H. Lindon
Modifier:J. Cassara Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-06-21 06:46:47 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2002-06-21 06:46:47
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
6513. 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]