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

Osteichthyes
 Osteolepiformes - Chrysolepididae
Chrysolepis sonomensis lobe-finned fish
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer scottiae MacGinitie 1933 maple
 Rosales - Rosaceae
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
 Fagales - Fagaceae
 Ranunculales - Berberidaceae
 Poales - Typhaceae
"Typha lesquereuxii" = Typha lesquereuxi
"Typha lesquereuxii" = Typha lesquereuxi Cockerell 1908 bulrush