Jiayin County (Paleocene of China)

Also known as Locality E-2

Where: Heilongjiang, China (49.3° N, 129.7° E: paleocoordinates 52.2° N, 118.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Wuyun Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; siltstone

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 223817: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 03.12.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Debeya
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Pseudoprotophyllum
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 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Cupressus sp. Linnaeus 1753 cypress
Thuja cretacea Heer 1882 cypress
Sequoia chinensis coast redwood
Magnoliopsida
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Angiospermae
 Poales - Typhaceae
Typha sp. Linnaeus 1753 bulrush
 Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
 Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
Viburnum antiquum Newberry 1868 honeysuckle
 Apiales - Araliaceae
Aralia sp. Linnaeus 1753 spikenard
 Trochodendrales - Trochodendraceae
 Proteales - Platanaceae
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Trapaceae
Trapa sp. Linnaeus 1753 water caltrop
fruit
Angiospermae
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
 Fabales - Fabaceae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Corylus fosteri Ward 1885 hazel
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
Betula prisca Ettingshausen 1851 birch
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
"Planera cf. microphylla" = Chaetoptelea microphylla
"Planera cf. microphylla" = Chaetoptelea microphylla Newberry 1868 elm
 Rosales - Rosaceae
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Cissus marginata Lesquereux 1872
Polypodiopsida
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  - Osmundaceae
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Ctenis sp. Lindley and Hutton 1834
  - Gleicheniaceae
Phyllites
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Phyllites sp. Brongniart 1822
Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Ginkgo adiantoides Unger 1845 ginkgo
Protophyllum
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Protophyllum haydenii
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Protophyllum cf. haydenii Lesquereux 1871
Carpolithes
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Viburnum cupanioides
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"Viburnum cupanioides" = Beringiaphyllum cupanioides
"Viburnum cupanioides" = Beringiaphyllum cupanioides Manchester et al. 1999