Where: Storey County, Nevada (39.3° N, 119.6° W: paleocoordinates 39.5° N, 118.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Coal Valley Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: D.I. Axelrod. 1962. A Pliocene sequoiadendron forest from western Nevada. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 39(3):195-268 [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Fosdick]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35922: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 10.01.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Sequoiadendron chaneyi cypress
Chamaecyparis linguaefolia cypress | |
Pinopsida | |
Abies concoloroides Brown 1940 fir
Pinus florissanti Lesquereux 1883 pine
Pinus wheeleri Cockerell 1908 pine | |
Angiospermae | |
Ceanothus chaneyi ceanothus
Ceanothus leitchii ceanothus
Rhamnus precalifornica Axelrod 1939 buckthorn | |
Prunus moragensis Axelrod 1944 plum | |
Amelanchier alvordensis shadbush | |
Salix knowltoni, Salix owyheeana, Salix laevigatoides, Populus washoensis, Populus eotremuloides, Populus pliotremuloides
Salix knowltoni willow
Salix owyheeana willow
Salix laevigatoides willow
Populus washoensis poplar
Populus eotremuloides Knowlton 1898 poplar
Populus pliotremuloides Axelrod 1937 poplar | |
Betula thor Knowlton 1926 birch
Alnus smithiana alder | |
Carya ovata hickory | |
Quercus simulata Knowlton 1898 oak
Castanopsis sonomensis chinquapin | |
Ribes stanfordianum currant | |
Mahonia reticulata barberry | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Rhododendron gianellana rhododendron
Arbutus menziesii Pursh 1813 madrone |