6km N of Aqqikkol Lake, Altum Range (Pliocene to of China)

Also known as Aqike Kulehu, Locality N-48

Where: Xinjiang, China (37.2° N, 88.5° E: paleocoordinates 36.8° N, 87.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; travertine

• "Calcareous tufa" (Liu et al. 1996)

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 223915: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 14.12.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Rhus sp.
Rhus sp. Linnaeus 1753 sumac
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Koelreuteria bipinnata
Koelreuteria bipinnata Franchet 1886 golden rain tree
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Spiraea sp.
Spiraea sp. Linnaeus 1753 meadowsweet
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Berchemia sp., Rhamnus tangutica, Rhamnus hemsleyana
Berchemia sp. Necker and de Candolle 1825 buckthorn
Rhamnus hemsleyana Schneider 1908 buckthorn
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix heterochroma, Salix rouqiangensis
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Pterocarya stenoptera
Pterocarya stenoptera de Candolle 1862 wingnut
 Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
Viburnum foetidum
Viburnum foetidum honeysuckle
Phyllites
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Phyllites sp.
Phyllites sp. Brongniart 1822