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 | |
Eomimosoidea plumosa n. gen. n. sp.
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Diplotropis | |
Diplotropis claybornensis n. sp.
Diplotropis claybornensis n. sp. |