Puget Group Loc. 35 (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

• Planar lamination and ripples; low-energy lacustrine cutoff

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 22997: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 07.07.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Goweria cf. dilleri
Goweria cf. dilleri
(Knowlton) Wolfe
Angiospermae
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Liquidambar cf. californica
Liquidambar cf. californica sweetgum
Lesq. Macginitie
 Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
Viburnum cf. pugetensis
Viburnum cf. pugetensis honeysuckle
Wolfe`
 Lamiales - Oleaceae
Fraxinus cf. yubaensis
Fraxinus cf. yubaensis MacGinitie 1941 ash
MacGinitie
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"Dicotyledonae "CdBs"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "AcEn"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "E2Br"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "AcEu"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "C2R3"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "Lila"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "CdBs"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Cordate base, even alternate secondaries." Simple, dicotyledonous leaf
"Dicotyledonae "AcEn"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Acrodromous entire." Simple, dicotyledonous leaf
"Dicotyledonae "E2Br"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Entire, twice brochidodromous, square intercostals. Simple, dicotyledonous leaf
"Dicotyledonae "AcEu"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Acalyphoid euphorb." Simple dicotyledonous leaf
"Dicotyledonae "C2R3"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Secondary veins craspedodromous, tertiary veins reticulate." Pinnately compund dicotyledonous leaf
"Dicotyledonae "Lila"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Entire campylodromous lauraceous." Simple, dicotyledonous leaf
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Macaranga cf. pugetensis
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Cladrastis cf. pugetensis
Cladrastis cf. pugetensis yellowwood
Wolfe
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Carya cf. cashmanensis, Pterocarya cf. pugetensis, Pugetia cf. longifolia
Carya cf. cashmanensis hickory
Wolfe
Pugetia cf. longifolia Wolfe 1968
Wolfe
 Fagales - Nothofagaceae
Dryophyllum cf. pugetensis
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
"Rhamnites" sp.
"Rhamnites" sp. Forbes 1851 buckthorn
"Rhamnites" cf. Dipterocarpaceae after "Rhamnites" cashmanensis of Wolfe (1968, 1977)
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Zelkova sp., Chaetoptelea sp.
Zelkova sp. Spach 1841 zelkova
Zelkova morphotype C Burnham
Chaetoptelea sp. Liebmann elm
Chaetoptelea morphotype A Burnham.
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Anacardites cf. franklinensis
 Sapindales - Burseraceae
Bursera sp.
Bursera sp. Jacquin 1760
Bursera sp. similar to the modern genus Bursera. Pinnately compund, dicotyledonous leaf.
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"Monocotyledonae "M45m"" = Monocotyledoneae
"Monocotyledonae "M45m"" = Monocotyledoneae
"Monocotyledon having 4-5 veins per millimeter." Broad-bladed monocotyledonous foliage, similar to Zingiberopsis, but having blade segments commonly much narrower than those present in Zingiberopsis
Polypodiopsida
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Dryopteris cf. whatcomensis
Plafkeria
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Plafkeria cf. rentonensis