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
Angiospermae | |
Laurophyllum sp. Göppert 1853 laurel
Litseaphyllum presanguinea Chaney and Sanborn 1933 laurel
Daphnogene polymorpha laurel | |
Typha sp. Linnaeus 1753 bulrush | |
Livistona sp. Brown 1810 fan palm
Sabalites sp. Saporta 1865 fan palm | |
Viburnum speciosum Knowlton 1918 honeysuckle | |
Meliosma sp. Blume 1823 | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Eucalyptus sp. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1789 eucalyptus
"Eucalyptus geinitzii" = Eucalyptus geinitzi Heer 1869 eucalyptus
Eucalyptophyllum oblongifolium Fontaine 1889 myrtle | |
Angiospermae | |
"Anona prereticulata" = Annona
"Anona prereticulata" = Annona custard apple | |
Magnolia cf. inglefieldii magnolia
Magnolia sp. Linnaeus 1753 magnolia | |
Millettia sp. Wight and Arnott 1834 legume | |
Juglandites sinuatus Lesquereux 1891 | |
Myrica sp. Linnaeus 1753 bayberry | |
Rhamnus preleptophylla buckthorn
Rhamnus sp. Linnaeus 1753 buckthorn | |
Caesalpinites sp. Saporta 1862 | |
Nephelium sp. Linnaeus 1767 soapberry
Sapindus sp. Linnaeus 1753 soapnut | |
Melanorrhoea alaska cashew | |
Euodia sp. Forster and Forster 1775 citrus | |
Willisia rentonensis Wolfe 1968 | |
Ficus sp. Linnaeus 1753 fig | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Ginkgoites | |