Puget Group Loc. 27 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: King County, Washington (47.3° N, 122.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 52.8° N, 102.1° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Puget Group, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; siltstone

• Planar laminations

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, original carbon

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: R. J. Burnham. 1994. Paleoecological and Floristic Heterogeneity in the Plant-Fossil Record - An Analysis Based on the Eocene of Washington. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 2085-B:1-36 [H. Sims/H. Lindon/H. Lindon]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22934: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 03.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
Zingiberopsis cf. isonervosa Hickey 1977
Hickey
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Fothergilla cf. durhamensis witch-hazel
Wolfe
Liquidambar cf. californica sweetgum
Lesq. MacGinitie
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Persea cf. pseudocarolinensis Lesquereux 1878 laurel
Lesquereux
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Cladrastis cf. pugetensis yellowwood
Wolfe
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus cf. operia MacGinitie 1941 alder
MacGinitie
Betula cf. papyrifera birch
Marsh (modern)
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Carya cf. cashmanensis hickory
Wolfe
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"Dicotyledonae "CTTC"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "SCA2"" = Dicotyledoneae, "? Dicotyledonae "Smse"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "ATRP"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "CTTC"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Cercidiphyllum-Trochodendron Complex." Simple, dicotyledonous leaf
"Dicotyledonae "SCA2"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Semi-craspedodromous, arching secondaries, elliptic shape." SImple, dicotyledonous leaf
"? Dicotyledonae "Smse"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Small, craspedodromous secondaries, elliptic." Simple (?) dicotyledonous leaf
"Dicotyledonae "ATRP"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Apiculate teeth, reflexed secontaries, percurrent tertiaries." Simple, docotyledonous leaf