S of Ertix River, Altay County (Paleocene of China)

Also known as Locality E-1

Where: Xinjiang, China (47.5° N, 87.1° E: paleocoordinates 46.1° N, 78.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wulonggu Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; gray claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the NIGPAS

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 223851: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 06.12.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Carpites
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Carpites sp. Schimper 1874
Angiospermae
 Malvales - Sterculiaceae
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus sp. Linnaeus 1753 poplar
Populus balsamoides Göppert 1855 poplar
var. jarmolenkoi
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Carpinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 hornbeam
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
 Rosales - Urticaceae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
 Rosids - Moraceae
Ficus planicostata Lesquereux 1872 fig
 Gentianales - Rubiaceae
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
 Ranunculales - Ranunculaceae
 Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
Cocculus flabella Wolfe 1966
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus sp. Linnaeus 1753 plane tree
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Glyptostrobus sp. Endlicher 1847 Chinese swamp cypress
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress
Taxodium sp. Richard 1810 cypress
Taxodium tinajorum Heer 1871 cypress
Ditaxocladus planiphyllus Guo and Sun 1984 cypress
Sequoia abietina coast redwood
Sequoia cf. affinis Lesquereux 1876 coast redwood
Metasequoia cuneata dawn redwood
Metasequoia disticha Miki 1941 dawn redwood