Kami-Umeda: Eocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Glyptostrobus europaeus (Brongniart 1833)
Taxodium dubium (Sternberg 1824)
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
unclassified
Angiospermae - Arecaceae
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
unclassified
Angiospermae - Apiales - Pittosporaceae
Angiospermae - Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Angiospermae - Lamiales - Oleaceae
Angiospermae - Lamiales - Verbenaceae
Angiospermae - Boraginales - Boraginaceae
Angiospermae - Violales - Flacourtiaceae
Angiospermae - Ericales - Ebenaceae
Angiospermae - Ericales - Theaceae
Angiospermae - Ericales - Sapotaceae
Angiospermae - Primulales - Myrsinaceae
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae
unclassified
Angiospermae - Fagales - Myricaceae
Angiospermae - Rosales - Papilionaceae
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Angiospermae - Rosales
Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae
Milletia sp. (Wight and Arnott 1834)
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Meliaceae
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
Ginkgoopsida - Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Ginkgo adiantoides (Unger 1845)
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pachydomidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Yamaguchi County:Ube City
Coordinates: 34.0° North, 131.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.6° North, 126.6° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2-3
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval: Eocene
Age range of interval: 56 - 33.9 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Ube Formation:Okinoyama
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: mudstone
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,original carbon
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Collection size:57 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:24481
Authorizer:S. Wing Enterer:H. Lindon
Modifier:H. Lindon Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-08-08 08:26:13 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2002-08-08 08:26:13
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
6891. K. Huzioka and E. Takahasi. 1970. The Eocene flora of the Ube coal-field, southwest Honshu, Japan. Journal of the Mining College, Akita University, Series A: Mining Geology 4(5):1-88 [S. Wing/H. Lindon/J. Cassara]