Ootani Locality ( of Japan)
Where: Oosani, Japan (34.9° N, 136.9° E: paleocoordinates 42.1° N, 132.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Futto Member (Tokoname Formation), Tertiary (65.5 - 2.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lignite
• Miki (1948) reported...various fossils...from the lignite bearing bed in Tokoname area, Tokoname City (Miki's Loc. 81)
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 22826: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 27.06.2002