Compass Forest, White Cliff, Sample 10-G (Oligocene of Russian Federation)

Where: Tomsk, Russian Federation (59.1° N, 81.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 55.5° N, 76.7° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified, micaceous, brown, gray sandstone

• sand of fine-grain, micaceous, of grayish-brown color

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original carbon

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: P. I. Dorofeev. 1963. Tretichnye Flory Zapadnoi Sibiri. Akad. Nauk, Moscow/Leningrad 1-343 [B. Tiffney/B. Tiffney/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23669: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Sara Pendleton on 18.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Polypodiopsida
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae
Salvinia aspera watermoss
Azolla ventricosa Dorofeev 1955
Diclidocarya
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Angiospermae
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Carex sp. Linnaeus 1753 sedge
Scirpus sp. Linnaeus 1753 sedge
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
 Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
 Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
 Dipsacales - Adoxaceae
 Apiales - Araliaceae
Aralia tertiaria spikenard
Aralia rugosa spikenard
Aralia crassa spikenard
 Boraginales - Heliotropiaceae
 Cornales - Cornaceae
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Brasenia reidii water lily
 Alismatales - Alismataceae
Sagisma turgida Nikitin 1965
 Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton sp. Linnaeus 1753 pondweed
 Typhales - Commelinidae
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 Vitales - Vitaceae
 Rosids - Moraceae
 Sapindales - Simaroubaceae
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer "sp.3" Linnaeus 1753 maple
Acer "sp.4" Linnaeus 1753 maple
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
 Cucurbitales - Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbitaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Rubus sp. Linnaeus 1753 bramble
 Rosales - Urticaceae
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
 Rosales - Pomaceae
Crataegus sp. Linnaeus 1753 hawthorn
 Rosales - Cannabaceae
Aphananthe tenuicostata Dorofeev 1982 hemp
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch
Ostrya cf. japonica hophornbeam
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
 Myrtales - Trapaceae
Trapa sp. Linnaeus 1753 water caltrop
 Ericales - Theaceae
 Ericales - Styracaceae
Styrax sp. Linnaeus 1753 storax
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824 spruce
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia langsdorfi coast redwood
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress
Viola
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Viola sp. Linnaeus 1753 violet
Lycopus
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Proserpinaca
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