Purple Mountain Flora 6201 (Miocene of the United States)
Also known as 6201
Where: Lyon County, Nevada (39.6° N, 119.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 116.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Chloropagus Formation, Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; poorly lithified shale
• Thin (1-2) lake beds composed of fissile shale of varied color
Size class: macrofossils
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 27630: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Michael Sherwood on 16.12.2002, edited by Julia Fosdick
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Juniperus desatoyana juniper
Chamaecyparis cordillerae cypress | |
| Pinopsida | |
| Angiospermae | |
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Prunus chaneyii plum | |
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Amelanchier nevadensis shadbush | |
Salix laevigatoides, Salix pelviga, Salix sp., Salix churchillensis, Salix desatoyana, Populus bonhamii, Populus pliotremuloides
Salix laevigatoides willow
Salix pelviga willow
Salix sp. Linnaeus 1753 willow
Salix churchillensis willow
Salix desatoyana willow
Populus bonhamii poplar
Populus pliotremuloides Axelrod 1937 poplar | |
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Betula smithiana birch | |
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Mahonia macginitiei barberry | |