Puget Group Loc. 33 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: King County, Washington (47.3° N, 122.0° W: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 109.6° W)

• 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

• low-energy lacustrine cut-off
• planar lamination and cross bedding

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 22965: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 04.07.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Polypodiopsida
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae
Salvinia cf. preauriculata Berry 1925 watermoss
Berry
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Angiospermae
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Betula cf. papyrifera birch
Marsh (modern)
  -
"Monocotyledonae "M45m"" = Monocotyledoneae, "Monocotyledonae "3LMo"" = Monocotyledoneae, "Monocotyledonae "BrdM"" = Monocotyledoneae
"Monocotyledonae "M45m"" = Monocotyledoneae
"Monocotyledon haing 4-5 veins per millimeter." Broad bladed monocotyledonous foliage, similar to Zingiberopsis, but having blade segments commonly much narrower than those present in Zingiberopsis
"Monocotyledonae "3LMo"" = Monocotyledoneae
"Three level monocotyledon." Broad bladed monocotyledonous leaf similar to general form of Zingiberopsis.
"Monocotyledonae "BrdM"" = Monocotyledoneae
"Broadly cross-veined monocotyledon." Monocotyledonous foliage fragments, as much as 6 cm in length
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Persea cf. pseudocarolinensis Lesquereux 1878 laurel
Lesquereux
 Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
Zingiberopsis cf. isonervosa Hickey 1977
Hickey
 Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
  -
"Dicotyledonae "Apoc"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "LREE"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "Apoc"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Apocynaceous leaf." Simple, dicotyledonous leaf
"Dicotyledonae "LREE"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Low rank eniter elliptic." Simple, dicotyledonou leaf