Where: Chattahoochee County, Georgia (32.4° N, 84.8° W: paleocoordinates 31.9° N, 53.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Eutaw Formation, Late/Upper Coniacian to Late/Upper Coniacian (89.3 - 83.6 Ma)
• R. Christopher (1982) suggested possible stratigraphical equivalence between Eutaw Formation and the Austin Group (Coniacian-Santonian) of Texas. Calcareous nannofossils support middle Santonian age.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; unlithified, gray, sandy, carbonaceous mudstone and unlithified sandstone
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: adpression, charcoalification, original carbon, original sporopollenin
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
Primary reference: E. W. Berry. 1914. The Upper Cretaceous and Eocene floras of South Carolina and Georgia. US Geological Survey Professional Paper 84:1-200 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 28321: authorized by Hongshan Wang, entered by Hongshan Wang on 08.02.2003, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Equisetopsida | |
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Angiospermae | |
Manihotites georgiana Berry 1910 mallow | |
Salix flexuosa Newberry 1868 willow | |
Juglans arctica Heer 1882 walnut | |
Zizyphus laurifolius n. sp., Paliurus upatoiensis n. sp.
Zizyphus laurifolius n. sp. Berry 1914 buckthorn
Paliurus upatoiensis n. sp. Berry 1914 buckthorn | |
Ficus ovatifolia Newberry 1896 fig | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Andromeda cretacea Lesquereux 1892 heather
Andromeda wardiana Lesquereux 1892 heather | |
Eucalyptus angusta Velenovsky 1885 eucalyptus | |
Angiospermae | |
Magnolia capellinii Heer 1866 magnolia
Magnolia boulayana Lesquereux 1892 magnolia | |
Aralia eutawensis n. sp.
Aralia eutawensis n. sp. Berry 1914 spikenard | |
Menispermites variabilis n. sp.
Menispermites variabilis n. sp. Berry 1914 | |
Cinnamomum newberryi Berry 1914 cinnamon
Cinnamomum heerii Berry 1914 cinnamon | |
Sequoia reichenbachi Heer 1868 coast redwood | |
Androvettia elegans n. sp.
Androvettia elegans n. sp. Berry 1914 | |
Pinopsida | |
Tumion carolinianum Berry 1908 yew | |
Quadriplatanus | |
Quadriplatanus georgianus n. gen. n. sp.
Quadriplatanus georgianus n. gen. n. sp. Magallon-Puebla et al. 1997 |