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