Lazi County (Eocene to of China)

Also known as Locality E-11

Where: Xizang, China (29.2° N, 87.8° E: paleocoordinates 19.2° N, 78.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Liuqu Formation, Middle Eocene to Middle Eocene (47.8 - 33.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone and sandy mudstone

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 223828: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 03.12.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ginkgoites
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Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Eucalyptus sp. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1789 eucalyptus
"Eucalyptus geinitzii" = Eucalyptus geinitzi Heer 1869 eucalyptus
Eucalyptophyllum oblongifolium Fontaine 1889 myrtle
Angiospermae
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
 Sapindales - Rutaceae
Euodia sp. Forster and Forster 1775 citrus
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Nephelium sp. Linnaeus 1767 soapberry
Sapindus sp. Linnaeus 1753 soapnut
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Millettia sp. Wight and Arnott 1834 legume
 Rosales -
Caesalpinites sp. Saporta 1862
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Rhamnus sp. Linnaeus 1753 buckthorn
 Fagales - Fagaceae
 Fagales - Myricaceae
Myrica sp. Linnaeus 1753 bayberry
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Juglandites sinuatus Lesquereux 1891
 Rosids - Moraceae
Ficus sp. Linnaeus 1753 fig
 Magnoliales - Annonaceae
"Anona prereticulata" = Annona
"Anona prereticulata" = Annona custard apple
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnolia sp. Linnaeus 1753 magnolia
 Proteales - Sabiaceae
Meliosma sp. Blume 1823
 Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
Viburnum speciosum Knowlton 1918 honeysuckle
 Poales - Typhaceae
Typha sp. Linnaeus 1753 bulrush
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Livistona sp. Brown 1810 fan palm
Sabalites sp. Saporta 1865 fan palm
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Laurophyllum sp. Göppert 1853 laurel
Litseaphyllum presanguinea Chaney and Sanborn 1933 laurel
Polypodiopsida
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae