UCMP loc. P3320, Buckeye Flat (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Nevada County, California (39.2° N, 120.9° W: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 106.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Eocene (48.6 - 37.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: H. D. MacGinitie. 1941. A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 534:1-178 [H. Sims/H. Lindon/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23997: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 26.07.2002, edited by Hallie Sims

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Carpites
  -
Carpites egregia MacGinitie 1941
Polypodiopsida
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Hemitelia pinnata n. sp. MacGinitie 1941 scaly tree fern
Phyllites
  -
Phyllites daturaefolia n. sp. MacGinitie 1941
Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Rhus mixta Lesquereux 1878 sumac
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Cupania oregona Chaney and Sanborn 1933 soapberry
Thouinopsis myricaefolia Lesquereux 1878 soapberry
 Sapindales - Simaroubaceae
Ailanthus lesquereuxi Cockerell 1927
 Sapindales - Burseraceae
Canarium californicum Lesquereux 1878
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Mallotus riparius MacGinitie 1941 spurge
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Strongylodon falcata MacGinitie 1941 legume
Vouapa geminifolia n. sp. MacGinitie 1941 legume
Desmodium indentum n. sp. MacGinitie 1941 legume
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus eoxalapensis n. sp. MacGinitie 1941 oak
Quercus nevadensis Lesquereux 1878 oak
Quercus distincta Lesquereux 1878 oak
Castanopsis longipetiolatum Knowlton 1899 chinquapin
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Carya sessilis MacGinitie 1941 hickory
Engelhardtia nevadensis MacGinitie 1941
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Rhamnidium chaneyi Potbury 1935 buckthorn
Rhamnus calyptus MacGinitie 1941 buckthorn
 Rosales - Mimosaceae
Inga ionensis n. sp. MacGinitie 1941
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Chrysobalanus eoicaco MacGinitie 1941 rose
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Chaetoptelea pseudofulva Lesquereux 1878 elm
 Celastrales - Celastraceae
Celastrus preangulata n. sp. MacGinitie 1941 bittersweet
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Cissus pyriformis MacGinitie 1941
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Theaceae
Gordonia egregia Lesquereux 1878 tea
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Calyptranthes myrtifolia n. sp. MacGinitie 1941 myrtle
Angiospermae
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnolia dayana Cockerell 1910 magnolia
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa californica MacGinitie 1941 tupelo
 Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
Viburnum variabilis MacGinitie 1941 honeysuckle
 Saxifragales - Saxifragaceae
Hydrangea californica MacGinitie 1941 hydrangea
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Liquidambar californicum Lesquereux 1878 sweetgum
Hamamelites voyana Lesquereux 1878 witch-hazel
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum elongatum Brown 1939 katsura
 Proteales - Platanaceae
"Platanophyllum whitneyi" = Macginitiea whitneyi, "Platanus appendiculata" = Platanus appendiculata, "Acer aequidentatum" = Platanus appendiculata, "Calycites mikanoides" = Macginistemon mikanoides
"Platanophyllum whitneyi" = Macginitiea whitneyi Lesquereux 1878
"Platanus appendiculata" = Platanus appendiculata Lesquereux 1878 plane tree
"Acer aequidentatum" = Platanus appendiculata Lesquereux 1878 plane tree
"Calycites mikanoides" = Macginistemon mikanoides MacGinitie 1941
 Liliales - Smilacaceae
Smilax labidurommae Cockerell 1914 greenbrier
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Sabalites californicus Lesquereux 1878 fan palm
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Neolitsea lata n. sp. MacGinitie 1941 laurel
Persea pseudocarolinensis Lesquereux 1878 laurel
Persea praelingue Sanborn 1935 laurel
Cinnamomum dilleri Knowlton 1902 cinnamon
Cinnamomum acrodromum Potbury 1935 cinnamon
Laurophyllum fremontensis Berry 1930 laurel
Laurophyllum litseaefolia MacGinitie 1941 laurel
 Bennettitales -
Zamites californica MacGinitie 1941