Kitayama Locality (Miocene to of Japan)
Where: Nagano, Japan (36.0° N, 138.0° E: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 135.7° E)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Nagaiwa Formation, Miocene to Miocene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology:
• The plant bearing rocks also belong to the lower part of the Bodaira tuff.
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 22788: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 26.06.2002