Republic Locality 11018 (Eocene to of the United States)

Where: Ferry County, Washington (48.7° N, 118.7° W: paleocoordinates 52.1° N, 106.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Tom Thumb Tuff Member (Klondike Mountain Formation), Lutetian to Lutetian (47.8 - 38.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine and conglomerate

• tuff; Considerable local relief is that in many areas the lacustrine rocks grade into nonvolcanic breccias and conglomberates; generally contains lacustirne rocks, and the middle and upper parts contain flows and coarse pyroclastic deposits

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: J. A. Wolfe and W. Wehr. 1987. Middle Eocene Dicotyledonous Plants from Republic, Northeastern Washington. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1597:1-25+ [H. Sims/S. Ostrowski/K. Volkman]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 11538: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Summer Ostrowski on 20.08.2001, edited by Karl Volkman

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Taxonomic list

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Angiospermae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Fagopsis undulata
Fagopsis undulata Knowlton 1899
(Knowlton) Wolfe and Wehr - n. comb
 Fagales - Myricaceae
Comptonia columbiana
Comptonia columbiana Dawson 1890
Dawson
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Bohlenia americana, Acer sp., Acer toradense n. sp.
Bohlenia americana soapberry
(Brown) Wolfe and Wehr - n. comb.
Acer sp. Linnaeus 1753 maple
Acer toradense n. sp. Wolfe and Tanai 1987 maple
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum obtritum
Cercidiphyllum obtritum Dawson 1890 katsura
(Dawson) Wolfe and Wehr - n. comb.
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Macginitiea gracilis
Macginitiea gracilis Wolfe and Wehr 1987
(Lesquereux) Wolfe and Wehr - n. comb.
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Sassafras hesperia
Sassafras hesperia sassafras
Berry