List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Angiospermae
- Rosales
- Papilionaceae
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Sophora hokiana
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Moraceae
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"Ficus" tiliaefolia
(Br)
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13 specimens | ||||||
| original and current combination Cordia tiliaefolia | |||||||
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Angiospermae
- Poales
- Poaceae
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Bambusites sp.
Ettingshausen 1886
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35 specimens | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Laurales
- Lauraceae
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Cinnamomum cf. camphora
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Actinodaphne cf. lancifolia
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Lindera cf. erythrocarpa
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Saxifragales
- Hamamelidaceae
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Liquidambar miosinica
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Coniferales
- Cupressaceae
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Thujopsis miodolabrata
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Gunma |
| Coordinates: | 36.3° North, 139.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.6° North, 137.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Late/Upper Tertiary | *Epoch: | Miocene - Pliocene |
| *International age/stage: | Late/Upper Tortonian - Late/Upper Messinian | ||
| Key time interval: | Tortonian - Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandy siltstone |
| Lithology description: Localities C, Cb, and D are stratigraphically situated above the Tate tuff and around the middle lignite beds. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: The total specimens identified are poor, but they include such evergreen trees as Actinodaphne and Cinnamomum together with a number of Ficus. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 21227 | ||
| Authorizer: | H. Sims | Enterer: | H. Lindon |
| Modifier: | J. Cassara | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2002-06-21 07:42:54 | Last modified: | 2004-02-04 08:01:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-06-21 07:42:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6513. | 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] |