Republic Locality 11019: Lutetian - Bartonian, Washington

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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
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 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:11539
Authorizer:H. Sims Enterer:S. Ostrowski
Modifier:A. McGowan Research group:paleobotany
Created:2001-08-20 11:40:00 Last modified:2003-09-15 13:56:47
Access level:the public Released:2001-08-20 11:40:00
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]