Also known as Locality N-14
Where: Xizang, China (30.1° N, 89.5° E: paleocoordinates 27.6° N, 88.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Wulong Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; siltstone and sandstone
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 223820: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 03.12.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Polypodiopsida | |
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Polypodiisporites sp. PotoniƩ 1931 | |
Angiospermae | |
Phragmites sp. Adanson 1763 common reed | |
Cyperacites sp. Schimper 1870 sedge | |
Ribes sp. Linnaeus 1753 currant | |
Crataegus sp. Linnaeus 1753 hawthorn | |
Ulmus hedini elm | |
Thermopsis prebarbata legume | |
Quercus namlingensis, Quercus prespathulata, "Quercus wulongensis n. sp." = Quercus (Heterobalanus) wulongensis
"Quercus wulongensis n. sp." = Quercus (Heterobalanus) wulongensis Li and Guo 1976 oak | |
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch
Carpinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 hornbeam | |
Populus latior Braun 1835 poplar
Salix sp. Linnaeus 1753 willow | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Rhododendron namlingense rhododendron
Rhododendron sanzugawaense rhododendron | |
Quercoidites | |
Quercoidites sp. PotoniƩ 1960 |