Former White Spur, Gay Head Cliffs, sample R1555 (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Dukes County, Massachusetts (41.4° N, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 67.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

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 231826: authorized by Phillip Jardine, entered by Hannah Morck on 18.09.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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"Pterocarya type" sp., "Taxodiaceae-Cupressaceae-Taxaceae" indet., "Ulmus/Zelkova" spp., Pseudolaesopollis spp.
Pseudolaesopollis spp.
probably Miocene but possibly reworked from the Eocene
Sphagnum
  - Sphagnaceae
Sphagnum sp.
Sphagnum sp. Linnaeus 1753 peat moss
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp., Picea sp., Tsuga sp.
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824 spruce
Tsuga sp. Carrière 1855
 Pinales - Sciadopityaceae
Sciadopitys sp.
Sciadopitys sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1842
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpus sp.
Podocarpus sp. L'Heritier and Persoon 1807 podocarp
Angiospermae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Carya sp.
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus sp., Betula sp.
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Castanea sp., Quercus sp.
Castanea sp. Miller 1754 chestnut
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
Tilia sp.
Tilia sp. Linnaeus 1753 linden
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa sp.
Nyssa sp. Linnaeus 1753 tupelo
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilex sp.
Ilex sp. Linnaeus 1753 holly
 Asterales - Asteraceae
"Compositae "short spine"" = Asteraceae
"Compositae "short spine"" = Asteraceae Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
Lycopodiopsida
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodium sp.
Lycopodium sp. Linnaeus 1753 ground pine