Warman Clay Pit (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Weakly County, Tennessee (35.3° N, 87.3° W: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 76.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Claiborne Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: chemical, mechanical,

Primary reference: W. L. Crepet and D. L. Dilcher. 1977. Investigations of angiosperms from the Eocene of North America: a mimosoid inflorescence. American Journal of Botany 64(6):714-725 [H. Wang/M. Arakaki/M. Arakaki]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 31998: authorized by Hongshan Wang, entered by Monica Arakaki on 30.05.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Eomimosoidea
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Eomimosoidea plumosa n. gen. n. sp.
Eomimosoidea plumosa n. gen. n. sp. Crepet and Dilcher 1977
Inflorescences
Diplotropis
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