Also known as Bridge Creek Flora

Where: Wheeler County, Oregon (45.0° N, 120.3° W: paleocoordinates 44.6° N, 109.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: John Day Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon

Collection methods: bulk,

• The dominant leaves at Cove Creek are Alnus and Paracarpinus. Most noteworthy in the Cove Creek assemblage is the abundance of Pinus johndayensis, which is much more common here than in any other assemblage.

Primary reference: H. W. Meyer and S. R. Manchester. 1997. The Oligocene Bridge Creek flora of the John Day Formation, Oregon. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 141:1-195 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/H. Wang]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35235: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 19.11.2003

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