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 | |
Hemitelia pinnata n. sp.
Hemitelia pinnata n. sp. MacGinitie 1941 scaly tree fern | |
Phyllites | |
Phyllites daturaefolia n. sp.
Phyllites daturaefolia n. sp. MacGinitie 1941 | |
Angiospermae | |
Rhus mixta Lesquereux 1878 sumac | |
Cupania oregona Chaney and Sanborn 1933 soapberry
Thouinopsis myricaefolia Lesquereux 1878 soapberry | |
Ailanthus lesquereuxi Cockerell 1927 | |
Canarium californicum Lesquereux 1878 | |
Mallotus riparius MacGinitie 1941 spurge | |
Strongylodon falcata MacGinitie 1941 legume
Vouapa geminifolia n. sp. MacGinitie 1941 legume
Desmodium indentum n. sp. MacGinitie 1941 legume | |
Quercus eoxalapensis n. sp. MacGinitie 1941 oak
Quercus nevadensis Lesquereux 1878 oak
Quercus distincta Lesquereux 1878 oak
Castanopsis longipetiolatum Knowlton 1899 chinquapin | |
Carya sessilis MacGinitie 1941 hickory
Engelhardtia nevadensis MacGinitie 1941 | |
Rhamnidium chaneyi Potbury 1935 buckthorn
Rhamnus calyptus MacGinitie 1941 buckthorn | |
Inga ionensis n. sp.
Inga ionensis n. sp. MacGinitie 1941 | |
Chrysobalanus eoicaco MacGinitie 1941 rose | |
Chaetoptelea pseudofulva Lesquereux 1878 elm | |
Celastrus preangulata n. sp.
Celastrus preangulata n. sp. MacGinitie 1941 bittersweet | |
Cissus pyriformis MacGinitie 1941 | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Gordonia egregia Lesquereux 1878 tea | |
Calyptranthes myrtifolia n. sp.
Calyptranthes myrtifolia n. sp. MacGinitie 1941 myrtle | |
Angiospermae | |
Magnolia dayana Cockerell 1910 magnolia | |
Nyssa californica MacGinitie 1941 tupelo | |
Viburnum variabilis MacGinitie 1941 honeysuckle | |
Hydrangea californica MacGinitie 1941 hydrangea | |
Liquidambar californicum Lesquereux 1878 sweetgum
Hamamelites voyana Lesquereux 1878 witch-hazel | |
Cercidiphyllum elongatum Brown 1939 katsura | |
"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 | |
Smilax labidurommae Cockerell 1914 greenbrier | |
Sabalites californicus Lesquereux 1878 fan palm | |
Neolitsea lata n. sp., Persea pseudocarolinensis, Persea praelingue, Cinnamomum dilleri, Cinnamomum acrodromum, Laurophyllum fremontensis, Laurophyllum litseaefolia
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 | |
Zamites californica MacGinitie 1941 |