Butler basin (Oligocene of the United States)

Also known as Bridge Creek Flora

Where: Grant County, Oregon (44.6° N, 119.6° W: paleocoordinates 44.3° N, 108.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine

• tuffaceous shales

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon

Collection methods: bulk,

• Collection includes Calocedrus and Pterocarya as unique taxa.

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 35269: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 21.11.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Craigia
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Cinnamomophyllum
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 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Metasequoia sp. Miki 1941 dawn redwood
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Angiospermae
 Proteales - Platanaceae
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum crenatum Brown 1935 katsura
 Cornales - Cornaceae
Cornus sp. Linnaeus 1753 dogwood
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Nuphar sp. Smith 1809 water lily
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus consimilis Newberry 1883 oak
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Pterocarya sp. Kunth 1824 wingnut
 Fagales - Betulaceae
 Rosales - Pomaceae
cf. Malus sp. Miller 1758
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer sp. A Linnaeus 1753 maple