Xiangxiang County (Eocene of China)

Also known as Locality E-22

Where: Hunan, China (27.8° N, 112.5° E: paleocoordinates 28.5° N, 108.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Xiawuanpu Formation, Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; shale and mudstone

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 223848: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 06.12.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
 Proteales - Proteaceae
 Fagales - Myricaceae
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Zelkova ungeri Kovats 1865 zelkova
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sabina sp. Miller 1758 cypress
? Chamaecyparis sp. Spach 1841 cypress