Weinan County (Eocene of China)

Also known as Locality E-13

Where: Shaanxi, China (34.5° N, 109.5° E: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 104.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone

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 223930: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 15.12.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Gentianales - Apocynaceae
? Apocynaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 dogbane
 Proteales - Proteaceae
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Campylotropis sp. Bunge 1835 legume
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Betulaceae indet. Gray 1822 birch
 Rosales - Pomaceae
Crataegus sp. Linnaeus 1753 hawthorn
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm
 Rosales - Papilionaceae
Sophora sp. Linnaeus 1753
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Spiraea sp. Linnaeus 1753 meadowsweet
Rosa sp. Linnaeus 1753 rose
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix sp. Linnaeus 1753 willow