Where: Nagano, Japan (36.4° N, 138.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 133.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ohoka Formation, Tertiary (66.0 - 2.6 Ma)

• The plant bearing rocks consist of alternation of conglomerate, sandstone and siltstone and correspond to the Takahagi Formation of Saito or the upper part of the Komiji Member of Kato or the lower part of the Nagaiwa Member of Kimura and Hayashi.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lenticular siltstone and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original carbon

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22815: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 26.06.2002

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