Shulan County (Eocene of China)

Also known as Locality E-21

Where: Jilin, China (44.3° N, 127.0° E: paleocoordinates 46.7° N, 120.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone and siltstone

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 223891: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 13.12.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Protophyllum
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Protophyllum sp.
Protophyllum sp. Lesquereux 1874
Phyllites
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Phyllites sp.
Phyllites sp. Brongniart 1822
Angiospermae
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperacites sp.
Cyperacites sp. Schimper 1870 sedge
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Cinnamomum scheuchzeri
Cinnamomum scheuchzeri Heer 1856 cinnamon
 Lamiales - Bignoniaceae
Catalpa szei
Catalpa szei trumpet vine
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum sp., Trochodendroides sp.
Cercidiphyllum sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1846 katsura
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Banksia sp.
Banksia sp. Linnaeus 1782
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanaceae indet.
Platanaceae indet. Lestiboudois 1826
 Proteales - Nelumbonaceae
Nelumbo nipponica
 Trochodendrales - Trochodendraceae
Zizyphoides flabellum
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnolia miocenica
Magnolia miocenica Hu and Chaney 1938 magnolia
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Ulmus paralaciniata, Zelkova lingeri, Celtis sp.
Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hackberry
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Berchemia sp.
Berchemia sp. Necker and de Candolle 1825 buckthorn
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Cercis miochinensis
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Castanea miomollissima, Quercus sp.
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak
 Fagales - Nothofagaceae
Dryophyllum parvum, Dryophyllum sp.
Dryophyllum sp. Debey 1865
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Cyclocarya sp.
Cyclocarya sp. Iljinskaja 1953
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Betula mioluminifera
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus sp.
Populus sp. Linnaeus 1753 poplar
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
Tilia miochinensis
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer sp., Acer arcticum
Acer sp. Linnaeus 1753 maple
Acer arcticum Heer 1877 maple
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Taxaceae indet.
Taxaceae indet. Gray 1822 yew
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia chinensis, Sequoia sp., Metasequoia sp., Glyptostrobus sp., Glyptostrobus europaeus
Sequoia chinensis coast redwood
Sequoia sp. Endlicher 1847 coast redwood
Metasequoia sp. Miki 1941 dawn redwood
Glyptostrobus sp. Endlicher 1847 Chinese swamp cypress
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress