Temblor Flora (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Fresno County, California (36.1° N, 120.4° W: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 116.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Temblor Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deltaic; poorly lithified shale

• "Well-bedded, buff to brown silty shale and fine sandstone that overlies the conglomerate just above the base of the Temblor Formation."

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon

Primary reference: K.M. Renney. 1972. The Miocene Temblor Flora of West Central California. [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35412: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 09.12.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Keteleeria heterophylloides, Pinus temblorensis
 Coniferales -
Strobilites temblorensis
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Glyptostrobus oregonensis
Glyptostrobus oregonensis Chinese swamp cypress
Angiospermae
 Liliales - Smilacaceae
Smilax cf. magna
Smilax cf. magna greenbrier
 Ranunculales - Berberidaceae
Mahonia simplex
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa copeana
 Cornales - Cornaceae
Cornus cf. ovalis
Cornus cf. ovalis Lesquereux 1878 dogwood
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus cf. dissecta, Platanus cf. paucidentata
Platanus cf. dissecta Lesquereux 1878 plane tree
Platanus cf. paucidentata Dorf 1930 plane tree
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Persea pseudocarolinensis
Persea pseudocarolinensis Lesquereux 1878 laurel
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Ebenaceae
Diospyros oregoniana, "Phyllites ellipticus" = Diospyros amboyensis
"Phyllites ellipticus" = Diospyros amboyensis Berry 1909
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Arbutus matthesii
 Ericales - Sapotaceae
Bumelia florissanti
Bumelia florissanti Lesquereux 1883
Angiospermae
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnolia corrallina
 Rosales - Pomaceae
Crataegus pacifica
 Rosales - Papilionaceae
Robinia californica
Robinia californica Axelrod 1939
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Photinia miocenica
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Zelkova oregoniana
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Carya bendirei
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Castanea spokanensis, Quercus sayana, Quercus temblorensis, Quercus hannibali, Quercus domenginensis, Quercus acorns, Quercus coalingensis, Quercus merriami, Quercus simulata, Quercus pseudolyrata, Lithocarpus klamathensis
Quercus merriami Knowlton 1902 oak
Quercus simulata Knowlton 1898 oak
Quercus pseudolyrata Lesquereux 1878 oak
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Rhus diablana
 Sapindales - Meliaceae
Cedrela trainii
Phyllites
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Phyllites domenginensis, Phyllites coalingensis, Phyllites temblorensis, Phyllites californica