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Noroshi flora Ishida, 1970

A member of Daijima-type flora.

• Type locality: Shimane prefecture
• early Miocene (23 - 18 Ma)
• Strata: Horyuzan Formation, Matsunagi Formation

• Climate: Warm temperate - Subtropical, Basal zone
• Mainly composed of evergreen broad-leaved trees and deciduous broad-leaved trees, and few conifers.

• [ Index fossils ]

• Kano (2018) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.124, no.10, pp.781-803.
• Yoshikawa et al. (2002) Geology of the Suzumisaki, Noto-iida and Horyuzan District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 76p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)