S of Ertix River, Altay County (Paleocene of China)

Also known as Locality E-1

Where: Xinjiang, China (47.5° N, 87.1° E: paleocoordinates 46.1° N, 78.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wulonggu Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; gray claystone

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 223851: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 06.12.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Angiospermae
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus balsamoides jarmolenkoi
Carpites
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Carpites sp.
Carpites sp. Schimper 1874
Angiospermae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Tetrastigma macarangoides, ? Ampelopsis sp.
? Ampelopsis sp. Michaux 1803
 Rosids - Moraceae
Ficus planicostata
Ficus planicostata Lesquereux 1872 fig
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Pterocarya leptoneura
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Corylus bellatula, Carpinus sp.
Carpinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 hornbeam
 Rosales - Urticaceae
Pilea petralifasciata
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus sp.
Populus sp. Linnaeus 1753 poplar
 Malvales - Sterculiaceae
Pterospermites auriculaecordatus, Pterospermites macarangoides, Pterospermites peltatifolius, Pterospermites sp.
Pterospermites sp. Heer 1859
 Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
Cocculus flabella
Cocculus flabella Wolfe 1966
 Ranunculales - Ranunculaceae
Clematis xinjiangensis
 Gentianales - Rubiaceae
Mussaenda altalobaphylla
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum diversifolium
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Exbucklandia microdictya
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus sp.
Platanus sp. Linnaeus 1753 plane tree
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Metasequoia cuneata, Metasequoia disticha, Sequoia abietina, Sequoia cf. affinis, Ditaxocladus planiphyllus, Glyptostrobus sp., Glyptostrobus europaeus, Taxodium sp., Taxodium tinajorum
Metasequoia cuneata dawn redwood
Metasequoia disticha Miki 1941 dawn redwood
Sequoia abietina coast redwood
Sequoia cf. affinis Lesquereux 1876 coast redwood
Ditaxocladus planiphyllus Guo and Sun 1984 cypress
Glyptostrobus sp. Endlicher 1847 Chinese swamp cypress
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress
Taxodium sp. Richard 1810 cypress
Taxodium tinajorum Heer 1871 cypress