Tongbai County (Eocene of China)

Also known as Locality E-18

Where: Henan, China (32.4° N, 113.4° E: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 107.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; silty mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

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 223894: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 13.12.2021

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Taxonomic list

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 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Metasequoia sp.
Metasequoia sp. Miki 1941 dawn redwood
Angiospermae
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum elongatum
Cercidiphyllum elongatum Brown 1939 katsura
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Palibinia korowinii, Grevillea densifolia
 Sapindales - Rutaceae
Zanthoxylum sp.
Zanthoxylum sp. Linnaeus 1753 citrus
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix sp.
Salix sp. Linnaeus 1753 willow
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Zelkova ungeri
Zelkova ungeri Kovats 1865 zelkova