Zacks Cliffs, sample R1513 (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Dukes County, Massachusetts (41.3° N, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 41.4° N, 67.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• The bed containing sporomorphs is 0.3-0.6 m thick and has been glacially dislocated.

Environment/lithology: marine; green sandstone

• Greensand.

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collected by C. A. Kaye; reposited in the USGS

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric,

• Stored at the U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Va.

Primary reference: N. O. Frederiksen. 1984. Stratigraphic, Paleoclimatic, and Paleobiogeographic Significance of Tertiary Sporomorphs from Massachusetts. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1308:1-35 [P. Jardine/H. Morck/H. Morck]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 231825: authorized by Phillip Jardine, entered by Hannah Morck on 18.09.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Polypodiopsida
  - Osmundaceae
Osmunda sp. Linnaeus 1753
Sphagnum
  - Sphagnaceae
Sphagnum sp. Linnaeus 1753 peat moss
Angiospermae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak
Fagus sp. Linnaeus 1753 beech
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory
Momipites "spackmanianus complex" Wodehouse 1933
occurrence denoted by a question mark; probably Miocene but possibly reworked from the Eocene
 Fagales - Myricaceae
Comptonia sp. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1789
occurrence denoted by a question mark
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
Tilia sp. Linnaeus 1753 linden
 Asterales - Asteraceae
"Compositae "short spine"" = Asteraceae
"Compositae "short spine"" = Asteraceae Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilex sp. Linnaeus 1753 holly
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa sp. Linnaeus 1753 tupelo
 Saxifragales - Haloragaceae
Myriophyllum sp. Linnaeus 1753 water milfoil
occurrence denoted by a question mark
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Liquidambar sp. Linnaeus 1753 sweetgum
 Poales - Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae Barnhart 1895 true grass
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Sciadopityaceae
Sciadopitys sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1842
occurrence denoted by a question mark
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824 spruce
Tsuga sp. Carrière 1855