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Sassafras sp.

genus Sassafras J. Presl (1825)

• Modern species: Late Cretaceous - Present (99.7 - 0.0 Ma)

• Classification
• kingdom Plantae, Angiosperms, order Laurales, family Lauraceae

• Distribution
• Miocene: Aichi, Hiroshima, Kagawa
• Miocene-Pliocene: Tottori
• Investigation in progress: Mie

• Subtaxa
• S. officinale
• S. subtriloba