Puget Group Loc. 34 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: King County, Washington (47.3° N, 122.0° W: paleocoordinates 49.4° N, 105.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Puget Group, Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, original carbon

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: R. J. Burnham. 1994. Paleoecological and Floristic Heterogeneity in the Plant-Fossil Record - An Analysis Based on the Eocene of Washington. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 2085-B:1-36 [H. Sims/H. Lindon/H. Lindon]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 10643: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 08.06.2001

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Goweria cf. dilleri
(Knowlton) Wolfe
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Metasequoia sp. Miki 1941 dawn redwood
Metasequoia sp. cf. M. glyptostroboides Hu and Cheng or M. occidentalis (Newberry) Chaney. Chaney (1951) and Wolfe (1968)
Angiospermae
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Pugetia cf. longifolia Wolfe 1968
Wolfe
Carya cf. cashmanensis hickory
Wolfe
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Cladrastis cf. pugetensis yellowwood
Wolfe
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
"Rhamnites" sp. Forbes 1851 buckthorn
"Rhamnites" cf. Dipterocarpaceae after "Rhamnites" cashmanensis of Wolfe (1968, 1977)
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Chaetoptelea sp. Liebmann elm
Chaetoptelea morphotype A Burnham. Burnham (1986)
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"Dicotyledonae "Apoc"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "AcEn"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "LREE"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "AcEu"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "Lila"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "Apoc"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Apocynaceous leaf" simple, dicotyledonous leaf
"Dicotyledonae "AcEn"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Acrodromous entire" simple dicotyledonous leaf;
"Dicotyledonae "LREE"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Low rank entire elliptic" simple dicotyledonous leaf
"Dicotyledonae "AcEu"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Acalyphoid euphorb." SImple, dicotyledonous leaf
"Dicotyledonae "Lila"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Entire campylodromous laurceous." Simple, dicotyledenous leaf.
 Lamiales - Oleaceae
Fraxinus cf. yubaensis MacGinitie 1941 ash
MacGinitie
 Icacinales - Icacinaceae
Phytocrene cf. acutissima white pear
Wolfe
 Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
Viburnum cf. pugetensis honeysuckle
(Wolfe) Wolfe
 Proteales - Proteaceae
 Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
"Hypserpa" sp. Miers 1851
Trifoliate "Hypserpa." Simple(?) dicotyledonous leaf.
 Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
Zingiberopsis cf. isonervosa Hickey 1977
Zingiberopsis sp. cf. Z. isonervosa Hickey Hickey (1977) and Hickey and Peterson (1978)
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum cf. newberryi Knowlton and Cockerell 1919 horsetail
Equisetum sp. cf. E. newberryi Knowlton and COckerell. Knowlton (1919
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Plafkeria
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