PBDB Collection

Puget Group Loc. 19 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: King County, Washington (47.3° N, 122.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 52.8° N, 102.1° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Puget Group, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, original carbon

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: R. J. Burnham. 1994. Paleoecological and Floristic Heterogeneity in the Plant-Fossil Record - An Analysis Based on the Eocene of Washington. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 2085-B:1-36 [H. Sims/H. Lindon/H. Lindon]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 10744: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 18.06.2001

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Taxonomic list

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Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales - Polypodiidae	Asplenium cf. delicata Asplenium cf. delicata spleenwort (Brown) MacGinitie

Coniferales - Cupressaceae	Glyptostrobus sp. Glyptostrobus sp. Endlicher 1847 Chinese swamp cypress Wolfe
Magnoliopsida
-	Dicotylophyllum kummerensis Dicotylophyllum kummerensis "Artocarpoides"= Dicotylophyllum kummerensis Wolfe. Wolfe (1977)
Angiospermae
-	"Monocotyledonae "M23m"" = Monocotyledoneae "Monocotyledonae "M23m"" = Monocotyledoneae "Monocotyledon having 2-3 veins per millimeter." Monocotyledonous foliage fragments
Ranunculales - Menispermaceae	Hypserpa cf. cashmanensis Hypserpa cf. cashmanensis Wolfe
Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae	Viburnum cf. pugetensis Viburnum cf. pugetensis honeysuckle Wolfe
Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae	Macaranga cf. pugetensis Macaranga cf. pugetensis spurge Wolfe
Rosales - Ulmaceae	Chaetoptelea sp. Chaetoptelea sp. Liebmann elm Chaetoptelea morphotype A Burnham. Burnham (1986)
Fabales - Fabaceae	Cladrastis cf. pugetensis Cladrastis cf. pugetensis yellowwood Wolfe
Fagales - Betulaceae	Alnus cf. operia Alnus cf. operia MacGinitie 1941 alder MacGinitie
Fagales - Juglandaceae	Pugetia cf. longifolia, Pterocarya cf. pugetensis, Platycarya cf. pseudobrauni, "Vinea" cf. pugetensis, Carya cf. cashmanensis Pugetia cf. longifolia Wolfe 1968 Wolfe Pterocarya cf. pugetensis wingnut Wolfe Platycarya cf. pseudobrauni (Hollick) Wolfe "Vinea" cf. pugetensis Wolfe 1968 Wolfe Carya cf. cashmanensis hickory Wolfe
Fagales - Nothofagaceae	Dryophyllum cf. pugetensis Dryophyllum cf. pugetensis Wolfe
-	"Dicotyledonae "CdBs"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "AcEn"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "LREE"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "E2Br"" = Dicotyledoneae "Dicotyledonae "CdBs"" = Dicotyledoneae "Cordate base, even alternate secondaries." Simple dicotyledonous leaf "Dicotyledonae "AcEn"" = Dicotyledoneae "Acrodromous entire" simple dicotyledonous leaf; "Dicotyledonae "LREE"" = Dicotyledoneae "Low rank entire elliptic" simple dicotyledonous leaf "Dicotyledonae "E2Br"" = Dicotyledoneae "Entire, twice-brochidodromous, square intercostals." SImple, dicotyledonous leaf.