Cut No. 1, Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway: Miocene, Washington

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ginkgoopsida - Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Ginkgo adiantoides (Unger 1845)
original and current combination Salisburia adiantoides
Angiospermae - Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton sp. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Ericales - Ebenaceae
Diospyros microcalyx n. sp. Knowlton 1926
Diospyros andersonae n. sp. Knowlton 1926
Angiospermae - Celastrales - Celastraceae
Celastrus fernquisti n. sp. Knowlton 1926
Angiospermae - Rosales - Papilionaceae
Meibomites lucens n. gen., n. sp. Knowlton 1926
? Robinia sp. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Rosales - Ulmaceae
Ulmus fernquisti n. sp. Knowlton 1926
Ulmus speciosa Newberry 1883
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix remotidens n. sp. Knowlton 1926
Populus heteromorpha n. sp. Knowlton 1926
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Carpinus sp. Linnaeus 1753
Betula heteromorpha Knowlton 1902
Betula largei Knowlton 1926
Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus obtusa n. sp. Knowlton 1926
Quercus spokanensis n. sp. Knowlton 1926
Quercus simulata Knowlton 1898
Quercus chaneyi n. sp. Knowlton 1926
Castanea castaneaefolia (Unger 1847)
Salix perplexa Knowlton 1902
recombined as Castanopsis perplexa
Angiospermae - Malvales - Malvaceae
Malva hesperia n. sp. Knowlton 1926
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Laurus grandis Lesquereux 1883
Laurus californica Lesquereux 1883
Laurus similis Knowlton 1900
Laurus princeps Heer 1856
Angiospermae - Poales
Poales indet. Small 1903
"Grass?"
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Saxifragaceae
Hydrangea bendirei (Ward 1885)
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Taxodium dubium (Sternberg 1824)
original and current combination Phyllites dubius
Libocedrus praedecurrens n. sp. Knowlton 1926
unclassified
Carpites magnifica n. sp. Knowlton 1926
Carpites paulownia n. sp. Knowlton 1926
Carpites polygonoides n. sp. Knowlton 1926
Musci - Mniaceae
Archaeomnium patens n. gen., n. sp. Britton 1926
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Equisetaceae
Equisetum sp. Linnaeus 1753
unclassified
Phyllites pardeei n. sp. Knowlton 1926
Phyllites amplexicaulis n. sp. Knowlton 1926
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]