Yuyao County (Pliocene of China)

Also known as Locality N-35

Where: Zhejiang, China (30.0° N, 121.1° E: paleocoordinates 30.2° N, 120.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

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 223882: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 10.12.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
"Castanea ungeri" = Castanea castaneaefolia
"Castanea ungeri" = Castanea castaneaefolia Unger 1847 chestnut
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae