Xiaolongtan Coal Mine: Late Miocene, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae - Moraceae
Ficus sp. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae
Indigofera suffruticosa
Ormosia xiaolongtanensis
Cassia suffruticosa
Cassia oblonga
Erythrophleum ovatifolium
Desmodium pulchellum
Lespedeza sp. Michaux 1803
unclassified
Abarema xiaolongtanensis
Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae
cf. Campylotropis sp. Bunge 1835
Liu et al. 1996
Podocarpium podocarpum (Braun 1845)
Podogonium knorrii Heer 1859
Liu et al. 1996
Albizia bracteata
Albizia miokalkora Hu and Chaney 1940
Dalbergia lucida
Dalbergia sp. Linnaeus 1782
Liu et al. 1996
Angiospermae - Rosales - Mimosaceae
Pithecolobium lucidum
Liu et al. 1996
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Berchemia miofloribunda Hu and Chaney 1940
Rhamnella sp. Miquel
Angiospermae - Rosales
Gleditsia integra
Angiospermae - Rosales - Papilionaceae
Robinia nipponica
Sophora miojaponica
Sophora paraflavescens
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Passifloraceae
Passiflora sp. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix miosinica
Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae
Lithocarpus sp. Blume 1826
Castanopsis predelavayi
Castanopsis miocuspidata
Quercus lantenoisii
Quercus monimotricha
Quercus sinomiocenicum
Cyclobalanopsis mandraliscae
Cyclobalanopsis praegilva
Castanea miomollissima
Angiospermae - Fagales - Myricaceae
Myrica longifolia
Myrica elliptica
Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae
Juglans japonica
Pterocarya insignis
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Dodonaea japonica
Acer sp. Linnaeus 1753
Acer macrophyllum Pursh 1814
Angiospermae - Malvales - Sterculiaceae
Byttneriophyllum tiliaefolium Braun 1965
Liu et al. 1996
Angiospermae - Magnoliales - Annonaceae
Desmos kaiyuanensis
Angiospermae - Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnolia miocenica Hu and Chaney 1938
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Nothaphoebe precavaleriei
Phoebe pseudolanceolata Colani 1920
Machilus americana
Machilus ugoana
Litsea grabaui
Laurus obovalis
Cinnamomum oguniense
Cinnamomum sp. Schaeffer 1760
Angiospermae - Lamiales - Oleaceae
Jasminum paralanceolarium
Angiospermae - Cornales - Alangiaceae
Alangium aequifolium
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Distylium sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1841
Exbucklandia cenica
Angiospermae - Liliales - Smilacaceae
Smilax sp. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Poales - Typhaceae
Typha lesquereuxii (Cockerell 1908)
Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae
Graminites sp. Geinitz 1865
Liu et al. 1996
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Yunnan
Coordinates: 23.8° North, 103.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.3° North, 102.3° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Miocene
Age range of interval: 11.63 - 5.333 m.y. ago
Age estimate: 12.7 ± 10 Ma (paleomagnetic)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Xiaolongtan
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "Magnetostratigraphic analysis indicated the age of the Xiaolongtan Formation to be 12.7–10 Ma, late Miocene (Li S. H. et al., 2015). This age is consistent with palynology (Wang, 1996) and paleontology results (Dong and Qi, 2013)." (Zhou et al. 2020)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lignite
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Locality N-11
Database number:222698
Authorizer:B. Allen Enterer:B. Allen
Modifier:B. Allen
Created:2021-10-21 09:03:25 Last modified:2023-07-17 08:12:04
Access level:the public Released:2021-10-21 09:03:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
78382. K. Xia, T. Su, Y.-S. Liu, Y.-W. Xing, F. M. B. Jacques and Z.-K. Zhou. 2009. Quantitative climate reconstructions of the late Miocene Xiaolongtan megaflora from Yunnan, southwest China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 276:80-86 [B. Allen/B. Allen]

Secondary references:

78641 Y.-S. Liu, S.-X. Guo, and D. K. Ferguson. 1996. A catalogue of Cenozoic megafossil plants in China. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 238:141-179 [B. Allen/B. Allen]