Republic Locality 11018: Lutetian - Bartonian, Washington

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum obtritum leaf (Dawson 1890)
(Dawson) Wolfe and Wehr - n. comb.
Angiospermae - Proteales - Platanaceae
Macginitiea gracilis leaf Wolfe and Wehr 1987
(Lesquereux) Wolfe and Wehr - n. comb.
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Sassafras hesperia leaf
Berry
Angiospermae - Fagales - Myricaceae
Comptonia columbiana leaf Dawson 1890
Dawson
Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae
Fagopsis undulata leaf (Knowlton 1899)
(Knowlton) Wolfe and Wehr - n. comb
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer sp. leaf Linnaeus 1753
Acer toradense n. sp. Wolfe and Tanai 1987
Wolfe and Tanai 1987
Bohlenia americana leaf
(Brown) Wolfe and Wehr - n. comb.
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
Secondary lithology: conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: tuff; Considerable local relief is that in many areas the lacustrine rocks grade into nonvolcanic breccias and conglomberates; 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:11538
Authorizer:H. Sims, K. Volkman Enterer:S. Ostrowski, K. Volkman
Modifier:A. McGowan Research group:paleobotany
Created:2001-08-20 11:37:27 Last modified:2003-09-15 13:55:42
Access level:the public Released:2001-08-20 11:37:27
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:

80176 J. A. Wolfe and T. Tanai. 1987. Systematics, phylogeny, and distribution of Acer (maples) in the Cenozoic of western North America. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 4, Geology and Mineralogy 22(1):1-246 [B. Allen/B. Allen]