Cold Ash Quarry (Paleocene of the United Kingdom)

Also known as SU501713

Where: Berkshire, United Kingdom (51.4° N, 1.3° W: paleocoordinates 46.0° N, 3.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; poorly lithified, silty, sandy claystone and siltstone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: adpression

Primary reference: P.R. Crane. 1981. Betulaceous leaves and fruits from the British Upper Palaeocene. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 83(2):103-136 [K. Volkman/K. Volkman]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 234638: authorized by Karl Volkman, entered by Karl Volkman on 26.04.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Palaeocarpinus laciniata n. gen. n. sp. Crane 1981 birch
Craspedodromophyllum acutum n. gen. n. sp. Crane 1981 birch
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Angiospermae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1846 katsura
 Proteales - Platanaceae