Toyohama-Kitayamadai: Burdigalian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae - Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Aichi Prefecture County:Minamichita
Coordinates: 34.7° North, 137.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.6° North, 134.3° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Burdigalian
Age range of interval: 20.45 - 15.98 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Morozaki Formation:Toyohama
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: mudstone
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Environment:basinal (siliciclastic)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:279921
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2026-07-30 15:08:05 Last modified:2026-07-30 15:08:05
Access level:the public Released:0000-00-00 00:00:00
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Reference information

Primary reference:

95731. T. Yamada. 2025. Seagrass fossils from the lower Miocene Morozaki Group in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. Aquatic Botany 201(78):103913 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]