Where: Colorado (38.9° N, 105.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 97.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Florissant Formation, Late/Upper Eocene to Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 28.4 Ma)
• From MacGinitie: Fossils are found in unit 3, about 50 feet of lake shales and associated volcanic sediments. The best and most abundant plant and insect fossils are found in this member, in paper shales at or near its base.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; fine-grained, gypsiferous, tuffaceous shale and siltstone
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•From Manchester: fossils are preserved in laminated tuffaceous sediments...sediment ranges from siltstone to conglomeratic, but best preserved leaf and fuit remains have been found in the siltstone layers.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon
Reposited in the DMNH
Collection methods: bulk,
• Out of the 2771 specimens listed, 86 are described as 'uncertain affinity'. They are not reported in the occurrence list.
Primary reference: H. D. MacGinitie. 1953. Fossil Plants of the Florissant Beds of Colorado. Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Contributions to Paleontology Publ. 599:1-198 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 39837: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 08.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida | |
Robinia lesquereuxi glass sponge | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Angiospermae | |
? Potamogeton sp. Linnaeus 1753 pondweed | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Eugenia arenaceaeformis myrtle | |
Angiospermae | |
Rhus stellariaefolia, Rhus obscura, Rhus lesquereuxi, Astronium truncatum, Schmaltzia vexans, Cotinus fraterna
Rhus stellariaefolia sumac
Rhus obscura sumac
Rhus lesquereuxi sumac
Astronium truncatum cashew
Schmaltzia vexans Lesquereux 1883 cashew
Cotinus fraterna Lesquereux 1883 cashew | |
Cedrela lancifolia mahogany
Trichilia florissanti mahogany | |
Athyana haydenii, Koelreuteria alleni, Koelreuteria sp., Acer florissanti, Dipteronia insignis, Cardiospermum terminalis, Sapindus coloradensis
Athyana haydenii soapberry
Koelreuteria alleni golden rain tree
Acer florissanti Kirchner 1898 maple
Dipteronia insignis soapberry
Cardiospermum terminalis soapberry
Sapindus coloradensis Cockerell 1908 soapnut | |
Staphylea acuminata Lesquereux 1873 bladdernut | |
Carya libbeyi hickory | |
Fagopsis sp., Fagopsis sp., Fagopsis longifolia, Quercus scottii, Quercus dumosoides, Quercus scudderi, Castanea dolichophylla
Fagopsis longifolia Lesquereux 1872
Quercus scottii oak
Quercus scudderi Knowlton 1916 oak
Castanea dolichophylla chestnut | |
Celastrus typica bittersweet | |
Populus crassa Lesquereux 1883 poplar
Salix taxifolioides willow
Salix coloradica willow
Salix ramaleyi Cockerell 1906 willow | |
Prunus gracilis plum | |
Zizyphus florissanti buckthorn
Rhamnites pseudostenophyllus buckthorn
Colubrina spireaefolia buckthorn | |
Cedrelospermum sp. Saporta 1889 elm
Ulmus tenuinervis Lesquereux 1873 elm | |
Cercis parvifolia Lesquereux 1883 redbud | |
Typha lesquereuxi Cockerell 1908 bulrush | |
Mahonia marginata barberry | |
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Osmanthus praemissa Lesquereux 1883 | |
Sequoia affinis Lesquereux 1876 coast redwood
Chamaecyparis linguaefolia cypress | |
Pinopsida | |
Pinus hambachi Kirchner 1898 pine
Pinus florissanti Lesquereux 1883 pine |