Seto-Obata Locality: Tertiary, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae
15 specimens
2 specimens
2 specimens
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Malvales - Tiliaceae
8 specimens
Angiospermae - Oxalidales - Elaeocarpaceae
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae
Lespedeza sp. Michaux 1803
3 specimens
1 specimen
2 specimens
Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae
2 specimens
3 specimens
2 specimens
3 specimens
Quercus aff. glauca Thunberg 1784
16 specimens
13 specimens
3 specimens
Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
1 specimen
17 specimens
3 specimens
3 specimens
2 specimens
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
2 specimens
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Salicaceae
8 specimens
7 specimens
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae
16 specimens
Angiospermae - Rosales - Ulmaceae
Zelkova ungeri Kovats 1865
5 specimens
6 specimens
2 specimens
Angiospermae - Rosales - Pomaceae
Malus sp. Miller 1758
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Vitales - Vitaceae
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Moraceae
2 specimens
Angiospermae - Ericales - Theaceae
Eurya sp. Thunberg 1783
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Ericales - Styracaceae
Halesia sp. Linnaeus 1759
3 specimens
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Ericales - Vacciniaceae
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
3 specimens
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Haloragaceae
2 specimens
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
7 specimens
Angiospermae - Lamiales - Oleaceae
1 specimen
6 specimens
Angiospermae - Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Apiales - Pittosporaceae
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Cornales - Cornaceae
1 specimen
unclassified
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae
Bambusites sp. Ettingshausen 1886
5 specimens
Angiospermae - Poales - Cyperaceae
8 specimens
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
3 specimens
4 specimens
4 specimens
9 specimens
2 specimens
Angiospermae - Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
2 specimens
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
1 specimen
9 specimens
unclassified
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Aichi
Coordinates: 35.0° North, 137.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.2° North, 133.4° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 1-6
*Period:Late/Upper Tertiary
Key time interval: Tertiary
Age range of interval: 66 - 2.58 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Seto Formation:Seto Porcelain Clay
Stratigraphy comments: The Seto Porcelain Clay Formation around the Itoh and Hohtoku Mines in Obata area is 20 to 30 m thick, which unconformably overlies Mesozoic and Paleogene granitic rocks of large relief and is correlated with the Mizunami Group in Tajimi region by the molluscan fauna.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: The Seto Mizunami Group in Tajimi region by the molluscan fauna. The Seto Porcelain Clay Formation in this area is subdivided into three members; the upper and lower members consisting mainly of coarse grained quartz sandstone facies and the middle member of fine grained siltstone facies.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:original carbon
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:22819
Authorizer:H. Sims Enterer:H. Lindon
Modifier:J. Cassara Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-06-27 05:01:08 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2002-06-27 05:01:08
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]