Wechang County (Miocene of China)

Also known as Locality N-25

Where: Hebei, China (44.0° N, 117.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.2° N, 115.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Chifeng Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

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 223818: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 03.12.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Trapaceae
Trapa natans Linnaeus 1760 water caltrop
fruit; var. minor
Angiospermae
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
Tilia sp. Linnaeus 1753 linden
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus sp. Linnaeus 1753 poplar
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Castanea sativa Miller 1786 chestnut
Fagus sieboldii Endlicher 1864 beech
 Cornales - Cornaceae
Cornus sanguinea Linnaeus 1753 dogwood
 Buxales - Buxaceae
Buxus sempervirens Linnaeus 1753 boxwood
 Poales - Poaceae
Phragmites sp. Adanson 1763 common reed
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Thuites cf. ehrenswaerdi Heer 1871 cypress
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum arcticum Heer 1866 horsetail