Karakuwa: Late Jurassic, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Equisetopsida - Cheirolepidiaceae
Bennettitales
Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxaceae
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Equisetaceae
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiopsida - Osmundaceae
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniaceae
Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Cyatheaceae
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Pteridaceae
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniales - Matoniaceae
Hepaticae
Cycadopsida - Cycadales
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 38.9° North, 141.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:58.9° North, 151.7° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Late Jurassic
10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 5-6
*Period:Late/Upper Jurassic
Key time interval: Late Jurassic
Age range of interval: 161.5 - 143.1 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mone
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
Metadata
Also known as:PGAP 339
Database number:30200
Authorizer:A. Rees Enterer:A. Rees
Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-04-02 12:40:51 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2003-04-02 12:40:51
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

8243.PGAP 50T. Kimura. 1987. Recent knowledge of Jurassic and Early Cretaceous Floras in Japan and Phytogeography of this Time in East Asia. Bulletin of Tokyo Gakugei University Section IV 39:87-115 [A. Rees/A. Rees]