Kouwa-cho Locality: Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Trapella antennifera
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Brasenia purpurea Caspary 1873
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Nuphar japonicum
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Angiospermae - Rosales - Ulmaceae
Zelkova ungeri Kovats 1865
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Berchemia racemosa
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Angiospermae - Rosales - Cannabaceae
Aphananthe aspera
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae
Castanopsis cuspidata
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Quercus stenophylla
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Angiospermae - Fagales - Myricaceae
Myrica rubra
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Mallotus japonicus
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Angiospermae - Buxales - Buxaceae
Buxus japonica
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Cinnamomum camphora
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Angiospermae - Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Illicium religiosum
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Angiospermae - Ericales - Symplocaceae
Symplocos glauca
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Symplocos prunifolia
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Angiospermae - Ericales - Ericaceae
Pieris sp. Don 1834
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Trapaceae
Trapa anteformata
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Trapa incisa
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia sempervirens (Don 1824)
original and current combination Taxodium sempervirens
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Metasequoia disticha Miki 1941
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Glyptostrobus pensilis Koch 1873
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Cunninghamia sp. Brown
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
Pseudolarix kaempferi
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
Pinopsida - Pinales - Sciadopityaceae
Sciadopitys verticillata
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
unclassified
Camellia japonica
Miki (1948) from Loc. 80 and Loc 80B
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Kouwa-cho
Coordinates: 34.7° North, 136.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.0° North, 135.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Late/Upper Tertiary
Key time interval:Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tokoname Member:Futto
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Although the precise site is uncertain, Onoe et a. 1986) estimated the horizon of Miki's Loc. 80B is in the upper part of the Kouwa Member as shown in Fig. 17.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Lithology description: The specimens from Loc. 80A are considered to be obtained from the Alluvium clay bed.
Environment:alluvial fan
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,adpression,original carbon
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:22827
Authorizer:H. Sims Enterer:H. Lindon, J. Cassara
Modifier:J. Karr Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-06-27 06:37:56 Last modified:2012-07-01 18:05:14
Access level:the public Released:2002-06-27 06:37:56
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]