Verdi Flora (Pliocene of the United States)

Where: Washoe County, Nevada (39.5° N, 120.0° W: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 119.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Coal Valley Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine

• "light-colored, sandstone-pebble conglomerate-shale-diatomite member"

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, original carbon

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: D. I. Axelrod. 1958. The Pliocene Verdi flora of western Nevada. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 34(2):91-159 [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Cassara]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35908: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 09.01.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus florissanti, Pinus prelambertiana n. sp., Abies concoloroides
Pinus florissanti Lesquereux 1883 pine
Pinus prelambertiana n. sp. Axelrod 1958 pine
UCMP loc. P160
Abies concoloroides Brown 1940 fir
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Arctostaphylos verdiana n. sp.
Arctostaphylos verdiana n. sp. Axelrod 1958 heather
Ribes
  - Solanaceae
Ribes galeana n. sp.
Ribes galeana n. sp. Axelrod 1958 currant
Rumex acetosa
  - Salicaceae
Populus pliotremuloides, Populus alexanderi, Populus subwashoensis, Salix boisiensis, Salix truckeana
Populus pliotremuloides Axelrod 1937 poplar
Populus alexanderi Dorf 1930 poplar
Populus subwashoensis Axelrod 1956 poplar
Salix boisiensis Smith 1941 willow
Salix truckeana Chaney 1944 willow
  - Rosaceae
Prunus moragensis
Prunus moragensis Axelrod 1944 plum
  - Araceae
Ceanothus precuneatus
Ceanothus precuneatus Axelrod 1939 ceanothus
  - Fagaceae
Quercus wislizenoides, Quercus prelobata, Quercus renoana n. sp.
Quercus wislizenoides Axelrod 1944 oak
Quercus prelobata Condit 1944 oak
Quercus renoana n. sp. Axelrod 1958 oak
  - Tiliaceae
Nymphaeites nevadensis
Nymphaeites nevadensis Brown 1938 water lily
 Charales - Characea
Chara verdiana n. sp.
Chara verdiana n. sp. Axelrod 1958 stonewort