Dechang County (Pliocene of China)

Also known as Locality N-31

Where: Sichuan, China (27.4° N, 102.2° E: paleocoordinates 27.2° N, 101.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sigeda Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone and diatomite

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 223906: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 14.12.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Actinodaphne dolichophylla Merrill 1923 laurel
 Fagales - Fagaceae
 Rosales - Pomaceae
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae