Shihti Coalfield, Taipei (Miocene of China)

Also known as Shiti Ling, Locality N-9

Where: Taiwan, China (25.2° N, 121.6° E: paleocoordinates 25.9° N, 120.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Shihti Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

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 223908: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 14.12.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Polypodiopsida
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Coniogramme devoli
Angiospermae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Machilus sp., Actinodaphne nipponica, Cinnamomum sp.
Machilus sp. Nees 1831 laurel
Cinnamomum sp. Schaeffer 1760 cinnamon
 Cornales - Alangiaceae
Alangium sp.
Alangium sp. Lamarck 1783
 Poales - Poaceae
Bambusa sp., Phyllostachys sp.
Bambusa sp. von Schreber 1789 bamboo
Phyllostachys sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1843 grass
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Rhapis sp.
Rhapis sp. Linnaeus 1789 palm
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer juani
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Photinia sp.
Photinia sp. Lindley 1820 rose
 Celastrales - Celastraceae
Celastrus sp., Perrottetia miocenica
Celastrus sp. Linnaeus 1753 bittersweet
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Mallotus sp.
Mallotus sp. Loureiro 1790 spurge
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Castanopsis miocuspidata, Lithocarpus sp.
Lithocarpus sp. Blume 1826
 Fabales - Fabaceae
"Leguminosae indet." = Fabaceae
"Leguminosae indet." = Fabaceae Lindley 1836 legume
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Ebenaceae
Diospyros sp.
Diospyros sp. Linnaeus 1753
 Ericales - Pentaphylacaceae
Cleyera sp.
Cleyera sp. Thunberg 1783
 Primulales - Myrsinaceae
Ardisia sp.
Ardisia sp. Swartz 1788 coralberry