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Nishikubiki flora

• Type locality: Niigata prefecture
• Miocene
• Strata: E Shale Member of Nambayama Formation
• Correlation: Daijima flora

• Sedimentary facies: Seashore
• Climate: Warm temperate, Subtropical

• [ Reported fossils ]
• Actinodaphne sp.
• Anodendron sp.
• Castanopsis sp.
• Cerbera sp.
• Chamaecyparis sp.
• Cladrastis sp.
• Cunninghamia sp.
• Cystophyllum sp.
• Daphniphyllum sp.
• Dioon sp.
• Elaeocarpus sp.
• Fagus antipofi
• Ficus mioretusa
• Hibiscus hamabo
• Hijikia sp.
• Keteleeria sp.
• Lithocarpus sp.
• Litsea sp.
• Machilus nathorsti
• Magnolia sp.
• Mallotus sp.
• Myrica sp.
• Myrtus sp.
• Pinus sp.
• Pittosporum sp.
• Quercus glauca
• Sargassum sp.
• Ternstroemica maekawai

• Akahane and Kato (1989) Geology of the Takada-Seibu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 89p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)