Beloyarka Village, Tavda River (Oligocene of Russian Federation)

Where: Sverdlovsk, Russian Federation (58.2° N, 64.9° E: paleocoordinates 59.1° N, 60.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified, gray, blue claystone and unlithified, brown, gray sandstone

• primary lithology: dark-gray, bluish layers of clay; secondary lithology: sand of light-gray and rusty dark brown colors

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original carbon

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: P. I. Dorofeev. 1963. Tretichnye Flory Zapadnoi Sibiri. Akad. Nauk, Moscow/Leningrad 1-343 [B. Tiffney/B. Tiffney/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22844: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Jessica Bean on 27.06.2002, edited by Sara Pendleton

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Leitneria
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Circaea
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Circaea macrocarpa enchanters nightshade
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
 Ericales - Styracaceae
Styrax sp. Linnaeus 1753 storax
Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer sp. Linnaeus 1753 maple
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix sp. Linnaeus 1753 willow
 Fagales - Betulaceae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
 Rosids - Moraceae
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnolia sp. Linnaeus 1753 magnolia
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 Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae
 Alismatales - Alismataceae
 Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
 Typhales - Commelinidae
Sparganium sp. Linnaeus 1753 bur-reed
 Saxifragales - Haloragaceae
Myriophyllum sp. Linnaeus 1753 water milfoil
 Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
 Cornales - Cornaceae
 Asterales - Menyanthaceae
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
 Poales - Typhaceae
Typha sp. Linnaeus 1753 bulrush
 Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Nuphar sibiricum water lily
Nuphar "sp.1" Smith 1809 water lily
Brasenia rotundata water lily
Brasenia cf. ovula Brongniart 1828 water lily
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress
Sequoia sp. Endlicher 1847 coast redwood
Metasequoia sp. Miki 1941 dawn redwood
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxodiaceae
Taxodiaceae indet. Saporta 1865
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine