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
Metasequoia cuneata, Metasequoia disticha, Sequoia abietina, Sequoia cf. affinis, Ditaxocladus planiphyllus, Taxodium sp., Taxodium tinajorum, Glyptostrobus sp., Glyptostrobus europaeus
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
Taxodium sp. Richard 1810 cypress
Taxodium tinajorum Heer 1871 cypress
Glyptostrobus sp. Endlicher 1847 Chinese swamp cypress
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress | |
| Angiospermae | |
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Platanus sp. Linnaeus 1753 plane tree | |
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Clematis xinjiangensis clematis | |
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Cocculus flabella Wolfe 1966 | |
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Exbucklandia microdictya pipli | |
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Cercidiphyllum diversifolium katsura | |
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Mussaenda altalobaphylla coffee | |
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Ficus planicostata Lesquereux 1872 fig | |
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? Ampelopsis sp. Michaux 1803 | |
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Populus sp. Linnaeus 1753 poplar | |
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Pterocarya leptoneura wingnut | |
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Corylus bellatula hazel
Carpinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 hornbeam | |
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Pilea petralifasciata nettle | |
| Carpites | |
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Carpites sp. Schimper 1874 | |