Republic Locality 8428: Lutetian - Bartonian, Washington

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
Pseudolarix americana n. sp.
Brown 1940
Angiospermae
Republica hickeyi n. gen., n. sp. leaf Wolfe and Wehr 1987
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Iteaceae
Itea sp. leaf Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum obtritum leaf (Dawson 1890)
(Dawson) Wolfe and Wehr - n. comb.
Angiospermae - Cornales - Nyssaceae
Tsukada davidiifolia n. gen., n. sp. leaf Wolfe and Wehr 1987
Angiospermae - Cornales - Cornaceae
Cornus sp. leaf Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Santalales - Schoepfiaceae
Schoepfia republicensis leaf Berry 1929
(LaMotte) Wolfe and Wehr - n. comb.
Angiospermae - Proteales - Platanaceae
Macginitiea gracilis leaf Wolfe and Wehr 1987
(Lesquereux) Wolfe and Wehr - n. comb.
Langeria magnifica n. gen., n. sp. leaf Wolfe and Wehr 1987
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Phoebe sp. leaf Nees 1836
Sassafras hesperia leaf
Berry
Angiospermae - Fagales - Myricaceae
Comptonia columbiana leaf Dawson 1890
Dawson
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus parvifolia leaf (Berry 1926)
(Berry) Wolfe and Wehr - n. comb.
Betula leopoldae n. sp. leaf Wolfe and Wehr 1987
Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae
Fagopsis undulata leaf (Knowlton 1899)
(Knowlton) Wolfe and Wehr - n. comb.
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rosaceae
Photinia pageae n. sp. leaf Wolfe and Wehr 1987
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Koelreuteria arnoldi leaf
Becker
Acer sp. leaf Linnaeus 1753
"Acer" arcticum Heer 1877
Heer
Bohlenia americana leaf
(Brown) Wolfe and Wehr - n. comb.
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Rhus malloryi n. sp. leaf Wolfe and Wehr 1987
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Burseraceae
Barghoornia oblongifolia n. sp. leaf Wolfe and Wehr 1987
Angiospermae - Malvales - Tiliaceae
Tilia johnsoni n. sp. leaf Wolfe and Wehr 1987
Angiospermae - Parietales - Ternstroemiaceae
Ternstroemites informal sp. A leaf Berry 1916
Ternstroemites informal sp. B leaf Berry 1916
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Washington County:Ferry
Coordinates: 48.7° North, 118.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:52.1° North, 106.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Lutetian - Bartonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2 - Cenozoic 3
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Middle Eocene
*Local age/stage:Fultonian
Key time interval: Lutetian - Bartonian
Age range of interval: 47.8 - 37.71 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Klondike Mountain Member:Tom Thumb Tuff
Lithology and environment
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: tuff; Considerable local relief is that in many areas the lacustrine rocks grade into nonvolcanic breccias and conglomerates; generally contains lacustirne rocks, and the middle and upper parts contain flows and coarse pyroclastic deposits
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:11537
Authorizer:H. Sims, K. Volkman Enterer:S. Ostrowski, K. Volkman
Modifier:A. McGowan Research group:paleobotany
Created:2001-08-20 11:34:11 Last modified:2003-09-15 13:53:56
Access level:the public Released:2001-08-20 11:34:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4170.ETE 427J. A. Wolfe and W. Wehr. 1987. Middle Eocene Dicotyledonous Plants from Republic, Northeastern Washington. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1597:1-25+ [H. Sims/S. Ostrowski/K. Volkman]

Secondary references:

83141 R.W. Brown. 1940. New species and changes of name in some American fossil floras. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 30(8):344-356 [K. Volkman/K. Volkman]