Cut No. 1, Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway: Miocene, Washington
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ginkgoopsida
- Ginkgoales
- Ginkgoaceae
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Ginkgo adiantoides
(Unger 1845)
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original and current combination Salisburia adiantoides | ||||||||||
Angiospermae
- Alismatales
- Potamogetonaceae
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Potamogeton sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Angiospermae
- Ericales
- Ebenaceae
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Diospyros microcalyx n. sp.
Knowlton 1926
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Diospyros andersonae n. sp.
Knowlton 1926
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Angiospermae
- Celastrales
- Celastraceae
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Celastrus fernquisti n. sp.
Knowlton 1926
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Angiospermae
- Rosales
- Papilionaceae
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Meibomites lucens n. gen., n. sp.
Knowlton 1926
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? Robinia sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Angiospermae
- Rosales
- Ulmaceae
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Ulmus fernquisti n. sp.
Knowlton 1926
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Ulmus speciosa
Newberry 1883
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Angiospermae
- Malpighiales
- Salicaceae
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Salix remotidens n. sp.
Knowlton 1926
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Populus heteromorpha n. sp.
Knowlton 1926
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Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Betulaceae
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Carpinus sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Betula heteromorpha
Knowlton 1902
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Betula largei
Knowlton 1926
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Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Fagaceae
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Quercus obtusa n. sp.
Knowlton 1926
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Quercus spokanensis n. sp.
Knowlton 1926
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Quercus simulata
Knowlton 1898
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Quercus chaneyi n. sp.
Knowlton 1926
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Castanea castaneaefolia
(Unger 1847)
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Salix perplexa
Knowlton 1902
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recombined as Castanopsis perplexa | ||||||||||
Angiospermae
- Malvales
- Malvaceae
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Malva hesperia n. sp.
Knowlton 1926
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Angiospermae
- Laurales
- Lauraceae
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Laurus grandis
Lesquereux 1883
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Laurus californica
Lesquereux 1883
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Laurus similis
Knowlton 1900
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Laurus princeps
Heer 1856
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Angiospermae
- Poales
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Poales indet.
Small 1903
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"Grass?" | ||||||||||
Angiospermae
- Saxifragales
- Saxifragaceae
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Hydrangea bendirei
(Ward 1885)
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Coniferales
- Cupressaceae
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Taxodium dubium
(Sternberg 1824)
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original and current combination Phyllites dubius | ||||||||||
Libocedrus praedecurrens n. sp.
Knowlton 1926
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unclassified
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Carpites magnifica n. sp.
Knowlton 1926
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Carpites paulownia n. sp.
Knowlton 1926
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Carpites polygonoides n. sp.
Knowlton 1926
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Musci
- Mniaceae
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Archaeomnium patens n. gen., n. sp.
Britton 1926
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
- Equisetaceae
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Equisetum sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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unclassified
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Phyllites pardeei n. sp.
Knowlton 1926
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Phyllites amplexicaulis n. sp.
Knowlton 1926
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Washington | County: | Spokane |
Coordinates: | 47.6° North, 117.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 48.4° North, 114.5° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Latah |
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "shale" |
Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 224391 | ||
Authorizer: | B. Allen | Enterer: | B. Allen |
Modifier: | B. Allen | ||
Created: | 2022-02-28 03:20:21 | Last modified: | 2022-02-28 03:40:48 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-02-28 03:20:21 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
80177. | F. H. Knowlton. 1926. Flora of the Latah formation of Spokane, Washington, and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. US Geological Survey Professional Paper 140(A):17-55 [B. Allen/B. Allen] |