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
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Polypodiopsida | |
Equisetum miocenicum horsetail | |
Pinopsida | |
Pinus carmelensis pine
Picea sookensis spruce | |
Angiospermae | |
Umbellularia saliciformis laurel | |
Mahonia trainii barberry | |
Exbucklandia oregonensis pipli | |
Salix laevigatoides willow
Salix succorensis willow | |
Sorbus idahoensis rowan | |
Alnus harneyana alder | |
Osteichthyes | |
Chrysolepis sonomensis lobe-finned fish | |
Angiospermae | |
Carya bendirei hickory | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Rhododendron sierrae rhododendron
Gaultheria primorica wintergreen | |
Angiospermae | |
Tilia pedunculata linden | |
Viburnum lantanafolium honeysuckle | |
Quercus prelobata Condit 1944 oak
Quercus simulata Knowlton 1898 oak | |
Betula thor Knowlton 1926 birch | |
Ulmus speciosa Newberry 1883 elm | |
Populus lindgreni Knowlton 1898 poplar
Populus eotremuloides Knowlton 1898 poplar | |
"Dicotyledonae indet." = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae indet." = Dicotyledoneae | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Arbutus prexalapensis Axelrod 1939 madrone | |
Angiospermae | |
Hydrangea bendirei Ward 1885 hydrangea | |
Platanus paucidentata Dorf 1930 plane tree | |
Poaceae sp. Barnhart 1895 grass | |
Persea pseudocarolinensis Lesquereux 1878 laurel | |
Sequoia affinis Lesquereux 1876 coast redwood | |
Pinopsida | |
Pinales indet. Gorozhankin 1904 |