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
| Angiospermae | |
Ditaxocladus planiphyllus, Metasequoia cuneata, Metasequoia disticha, Sequoia abietina, Sequoia cf. affinis, Glyptostrobus sp., Glyptostrobus europaeus, Taxodium sp., Taxodium tinajorum
Ditaxocladus planiphyllus Guo and Sun 1984 cypress
Metasequoia cuneata dawn redwood
Metasequoia disticha Miki 1941 dawn redwood
Sequoia abietina coast redwood
Sequoia cf. affinis Lesquereux 1876 coast redwood
Glyptostrobus sp. Endlicher 1847 Chinese swamp cypress
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress
Taxodium sp. Richard 1810 cypress
Taxodium tinajorum Heer 1871 cypress | |
| Angiospermae | |
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Pterocarya leptoneura wingnut | |
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Carpinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 hornbeam
Corylus bellatula hazel | |
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Pilea petralifasciata nettle | |
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Populus sp. Linnaeus 1753 poplar | |
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Ficus planicostata Lesquereux 1872 fig | |
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? Ampelopsis sp. Michaux 1803 | |
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Exbucklandia microdictya pipli | |
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Cercidiphyllum diversifolium katsura | |
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Mussaenda altalobaphylla coffee | |
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Clematis xinjiangensis clematis | |
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Cocculus flabella Wolfe 1966 | |
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Platanus sp. Linnaeus 1753 plane tree | |
| Carpites | |
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Carpites sp. Schimper 1874 | |