Gar County (Eocene of China)

Also known as Locality E-8

Where: Xizang, China (32.2° N, 80.0° E: paleocoordinates 18.8° N, 70.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Menshi Formation, Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; gray shale

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 224023: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 03.01.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperacites haydenii Lesquereux 1883 sedge
 Zingiberales - Marantaceae
 Rosids - Moraceae
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Eucalyptus sp. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1789 eucalyptus
"Eucalyptus geinitzii" = Eucalyptus geinitzi Heer 1869 eucalyptus