Litang County (Eocene of China)

Also known as Locality E-9

Where: Sichuan, China (30.1° N, 100.3° E: paleocoordinates 20.6° N, 90.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Relu Formation, Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; coarse-grained, gray 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 223847: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 06.12.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Chamaecyparis sp.
Chamaecyparis sp. Spach 1841 cypress
Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Rhus turcomanica
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Zelkova ungeri
Zelkova ungeri Kovats 1865 zelkova
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Arundo goeppertii
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Palibinia sp.
Palibinia sp. Korovin 1932
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Trapaceae
Trapa paulula
Trapa paulula water caltrop
fruit
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Eucalyptus sp., Syzygium sp., Myrtophyllum sp.
Eucalyptus sp. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1789 eucalyptus
Syzygium sp. Browne and Gaertner 1788 bush cherry
Myrtophyllum sp. Heer 1869 myrtle