Hamilton Bay, Kupreanof Island - "A" (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Alaska (56.9° N, 133.8° W: paleocoordinates 61.5° N, 120.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, gray shale

• Dark gray, almost black, friable shale associated with coal seam.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Wright and Wright

Primary reference: A. F. Buddington and T. Chapin. 1929. Geology and mineral deposits of southeastern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 800:1-398 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 112313: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 08.07.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Identified by F.H. Knowlton.
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unclassified
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Ainus sp., Jugina snigella
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia ? nordenskioldi, Sequoia langsdorfii, Taxodium distichum
Sequoia langsdorfii Heer 1877 coast redwood
Taxodium distichum Linnaeus 1753 bald cypress
var. miocenum
Angiospermae
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Ulmus sp.
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus sp.
Populus sp. Linnaeus 1753 poplar
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus sp.
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Castalia sp.
Castalia sp. Salisbury 1805 water lily
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Laurus sp.
Laurus sp. Linnaeus 1753 laurel