Nanjing City (Pliocene of China)

Also known as Locality N-45

Where: Jiangsu, China (32.1° N, 118.8° E: paleocoordinates 32.2° N, 118.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Yuhuatai Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; silty mudstone

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 223932: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 15.12.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Fabales - Fabaceae
"Leguminosae indet." = Fabaceae, "Podogonium knorrii" = Podocarpium podocarpum, Wisteria sp.
"Leguminosae indet." = Fabaceae Lindley 1836 legume
"Podogonium knorrii" = Podocarpium podocarpum Braun 1845 legume
Wisteria sp. Nuttall 1818 legume
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Corylus sp. Linnaeus 1753 hazel
 Celastrales - Celastraceae
Euonymus sp. Linnaeus 1753 spindle tree
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hackberry
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix sp. Linnaeus 1753 willow
Populus sp. Linnaeus 1753 poplar