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Hiyoshi flora

A member of Aniai-type flora. It is located at the southern most part and includes warm-temperature elements.

• Type locality: Gifu prefecture
• early Miocene
• Strata: Nakamura Formation, Toki Lignite-bearing Formation, Hachiya Formation

• Climate: Cool temperate, Montane zone
• Mainly composed of deciduous broad-leaved trees and conifers, and few evergreen broad-leaved trees.

• [ Index fossils ]

• Ina et al. (2007) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.113, no.10, pp.542-545.