Zhanhua County (Eocene of China)

Also known as Locality E-16

Where: Shandong, China (37.7° N, 118.0° E: paleocoordinates 38.9° N, 111.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Shahejie Formation, Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the NIGPAS

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 223951: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 17.12.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Fagales - Nothofagaceae
Dryophyllum sp. Debey 1865
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Cinnamomum sp. Schaeffer 1760 cinnamon