Nanjing City (Miocene of China)

Also known as Locality N-15

Where: Jiangsu, China (32.1° N, 118.8° E: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 117.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Liuhe Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; silty mudstone

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 223931: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 15.12.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Wisteria fallax, "Podogonium knorrii" = Podocarpium podocarpum
"Podogonium knorrii" = Podocarpium podocarpum Braun 1845 legume
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Corylus sp. Linnaeus 1753 hazel
 Rosids - Moraceae
 Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
Phyllites
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Phyllites sp. Brongniart 1822