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Lower Neshiroishi flora

• Type locality: Sendai city, Akita prefecture
• Strata: Shirasakatoge Siltstone Member
• late Miocene

• Climate: Cold

• [ Index fossils ]
• Acer protodiabolicum
• Acer subpictum
• Alnus sp.
• Betula onbaraensis
• Dryopteris sp.
• Fagus cf. palaeocrenata
• Metasequoia sp.
• Paliurus cf. protonipponicus
• Sorbus sp.
• Tilia sp., Wisteria sp.

• 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.)
• Kitamura et al. (1983) Geology of theYoshioka District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 50p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)