Nesori, Ichinohe: Early Miocene, Japan
collected by Shunji Watari 1940

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rosaceae
Prunus iwatense n. sp. wood (Watari 1941)
2 specimens
No. 31106 (holotype); No. 31122
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Iwate County:Ninohe
Coordinates: 40.2° North, 141.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.5° North, 137.9° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Early Miocene
Age range of interval: 23.04 - 15.98 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Shunji Watari Collection dates:1940
Collection method comments: Repository: University Museum, University of Tokyo, Japan
Metadata
Database number:224518
Authorizer:B. Allen Enterer:B. Allen
Created:2022-03-11 05:13:26 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2022-03-11 05:13:26
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

80654. A. Takahashi and M. Suzuki. 1988. Two new fossil woods of Acer and a new combination of Prunus from the Tertiary of Japan. The Botanical Magazine 101:473-481 [B. Allen/B. Allen]