Kucha County (Pliocene of China)

Also known as Kuqa, Locality N-43

Where: Xinjiang, China (42.0° N, 83.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.0° N, 82.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Kucha Formation, 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 224029: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 03.01.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Nuphar bohlini water lily
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Spiraea sinkianga meadowsweet