Kamikitaba Assemblage: Early Coniacian, Japan

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

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Honshu County:Fukushima
Coordinates: 37.2° North, 141.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.3° North, 141.0° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Coniacian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 6
*Period:Late/Upper Cretaceous
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Coniacian
Key time interval: Early Coniacian
Age range of interval: 89.8 - 85.7 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Futaba Formation:Ashizawa Member:Asamigawa
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments:
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: carbonaceous lignite
Environment:alluvial fan
Geology comments: The Asamigawa member is interpreted as an alluvial fan deposit comprisisng poorly-sorted sandstones and siltsones, some of which contain abundant plant material. More information in Ando et al. (1995) and Takahashi et al. (1999).
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:charcoalification
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Articulated whole bodies:none
Associated major elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),chemical,mechanical,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:0.200 Maximum sieve size:0.200
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Sample F-16
Database number:31444
Authorizer:H. Wang Enterer:M. Arakaki
Modifier:M. Arakaki Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-05-13 16:29:41 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2003-05-13 16:29:41
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

8495. M. Takahashi, P. S. Herendeen, and P. R. Crane. 2001. Lauraceous fossil flower from the Kamikitaba locality (Lower Coniacian; Upper Cretaceous) in northeastern Japan. Journal of Plant Reasearch 114:429-434 [H. Wang/M. Arakaki/M. Arakaki]