Wenshan County (Pliocene of China)

Also known as Locality N-40c

Where: Yunnan, China (23.5° N, 104.3° E: paleocoordinates 23.3° N, 103.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

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 223947: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 17.12.2021

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Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Mallotus wenshanensis n. sp. spurge