Purple Mountain Flora 705 (Miocene of the United States)
Also known as 705
Where: Lyon County, California (39.6° N, 119.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 116.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Chloropagus Formation, Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; limestone
• light tan limestone
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: D.I. Axelrod. 1995. The Miocene Purple Mountain Flora of Western Nevada. 139:1-62 [B. Tiffney/M. Sherwood/B. Tiffney]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 27529: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Michael Sherwood on 09.12.2002, edited by Julia Fosdick
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes | |
Chrysolepis sonomensis lobe-finned fish | |
Sequoiadendron chaneyii cypress
Chamaecyparis cordillerae cypress | |
Pinopsida | |
Angiospermae | |
Acer scottiae MacGinitie 1933 maple | |
Betula ashleyii birch
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder | |
Mahonia reticulata barberry
Mahonia macginitiei barberry | |
"Typha lesquereuxii" = Typha lesquereuxi
"Typha lesquereuxii" = Typha lesquereuxi Cockerell 1908 bulrush |