Where: Yamaguchi, Japan (34.0° N, 131.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 124.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Okinoyama Formation (Ube Group), Eocene (55.8 - 33.9 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon
Primary reference: K. Huzioka and E. Takahasi. 1970. The Eocene flora of the Ube coal-field, southwest Honshu, Japan. Journal of the Mining College, Akita University, Series A: Mining Geology 4(5):1-88 [S. Wing/H. Lindon/J. Cassara] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 24463: authorized by Scott Wing, entered by Heather Lindon on 08.08.2002