Rainbow Loc. PA107 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Colorado (39.0° N, 110.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.9° N, 94.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Green River Formation, Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: H. D. MacGinitie. 1969. The Eocene Green River Flora of northwestern Colorado and northeastern Utah. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 83:1-140 [S. Wing/S. Wing/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24417: authorized by Scott Wing, entered by Heather Lindon on 07.08.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum winchesteri
Equisetum winchesteri horsetail
Brown
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
"Lygodium kaulfussii" = Lygodium kaulfussi
"Lygodium kaulfussii" = Lygodium kaulfussi Heer climbing fern
Heer
Angiospermae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
"Engelhardtia uintaensis n. sp." = Engelhardia
"Engelhardtia uintaensis n. sp." = Engelhardia
MacGinitie
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Caesalpinia pecorae, Leguminosites lesquereuxiana
Caesalpinia pecorae peacock flower
Brown
Leguminosites lesquereuxiana Knowlton 1898 legume
Knowlton
 Rosales - Mimosaceae
Mimosites coloradensis
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Celtis mccoshii
Celtis mccoshii Lesquereux 1883 hackberry
Lesquereux
 Celastrales - Celastraceae
Celastrus winchesteri
Celastrus winchesteri bittersweet
comb. nov
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Aleurites glandulosa
Aleurites glandulosa spurge
(Brown) comb. nov.
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix longiacuminata, Populus cinnamomoides, Populus wilmattae
Salix longiacuminata willow
Brown
Populus cinnamomoides poplar
(Lesquereux) comb. nov.
Populus wilmattae poplar
Cockerell
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Rhus nigricans
Rhus nigricans sumac
(Lesquereux) Knowlton
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Cardiospermum coloradensis, Allophylus flexifolia
Cardiospermum coloradensis soapberry
(Knowlton) comb. nov.
Allophylus flexifolia soapberry
(Lesquereux) comb. nov.
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Eugenia americana
Eugenia americana myrtle
(Lesquereux) comb. nov.
Angiospermae
 Apiales - Araliaceae
Oreopanax elongatum n. sp.
Oreopanax elongatum n. sp.
MacGinitie
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus wyomingensis
Platanus wyomingensis plane tree
(Knowlton and Cockerell) comb. nov.
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia cf. affinis
Sequoia cf. affinis Lesquereux 1876 coast redwood
MacGinitie