Cape Blanco Flora (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Curry County, Oregon (42.8° N, 124.6° W: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 119.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: sandstone of Floras Lake Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: L. F. Emerson, G. R. Retallack, and B. G. Hughes. 2022. Early Miocene Cape Blanco Flora of Oregon. The Bulletin of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Oregon 29:1-51more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 237761: authorized by Nicholas Famoso, entered by Nicholas Famoso on 16.12.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Angiospermae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
 Ranunculales - Berberidaceae
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
 Rosales - Rosaceae
 Rosales - Pomaceae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Osteichthyes
 Osteolepiformes - Chrysolepididae
Chrysolepis sonomensis lobe-finned fish
Angiospermae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Angiospermae
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
 Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus prelobata Condit 1944 oak
Quercus simulata Knowlton 1898 oak
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Betula thor Knowlton 1926 birch
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Ulmus speciosa Newberry 1883 elm
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus lindgreni Knowlton 1898 poplar
Populus eotremuloides Knowlton 1898 poplar
  -
"Dicotyledonae indet." = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae indet." = Dicotyledoneae
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Arbutus prexalapensis Axelrod 1939 madrone
Angiospermae
 Saxifragales - Saxifragaceae
Hydrangea bendirei Ward 1885 hydrangea
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus paucidentata Dorf 1930 plane tree
 Poales - Poaceae
Poaceae sp. Barnhart 1895 grass
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Persea pseudocarolinensis Lesquereux 1878 laurel
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia affinis Lesquereux 1876 coast redwood
Pinopsida
 Pinales -
Pinales indet. Gorozhankin 1904