Litang County (Eocene of China)

Also known as Locality E-15

Where: Sichuan, China (30.1° N, 100.3° E: paleocoordinates 23.7° N, 93.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Relu Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone and siltstone

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 223914: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 14.12.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Phyllites
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Phyllites sp. Brongniart 1822
Angiospermae
 Proteales - Proteaceae
 Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
Viburnum sp. Linnaeus 1753 honeysuckle
 Gentianales - Apocynaceae
? Alstonia sp. Brown 1810 dogbane
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Albizia sp. Durazzini 1772 legume
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Pistacia sp. Linnaeus 1753 cashew
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae