Taiku County (Pliocene of China)

Also known as Locality N-33

Where: Shaanxi, China (37.8° N, 112.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 111.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sanmen Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: Y.-S. Liu, S.-X. Guo, and D. K. Ferguson. 1996. A catalogue of Cenozoic megafossil plants in China. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 238:141-179 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 223875: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 10.12.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824 spruce
Angiospermae
 Saxifragales - Grossulariaceae
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperacites sp. Schimper 1870 sedge
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer pilosum Maximowicz 1880 maple
previously Acer taikuensis
 Fabales - Fabaceae
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
 Rosales - Pomaceae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus cf. liaotungensis Koidzumi 1912 oak