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Shiogama flora

A member of Daijima-type flora.

• Type locality: Shiogama city, Miyagi prefecture
• Strata: Sauramachi Formation, Ajiri Formation
• Miocene

• [ Index fossils ]
• Comptoniphyllum sp.
• Dryophyllum sp.
• Fagus americana
• Ficus sp.
• Ilex sp.
• Liquidamber formosana
• Pterocrya rhoifolia
• Sequoia sempervirens

• Kitamura et al. (1986) Geology of the Sendai District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 134p. (in Japanese with English abstract 9p.)
• Ishii et al. (1983) Geology of the Shiogama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 112p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)
• Ishii et al. (1982) Geology of the Matsushima District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 121p. (in Japanese with English abstract 9p.)