Lee Creek Mine, Pleistocene Peat Member (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Beaufort County, North Carolina (35.4° N, 76.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 76.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Peat Member, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• Sangamon, mid-Wisconsinan

Environment/lithology: lacustrine

• peat

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: F. C. Whitmore. 1987. Cetacea from the Sahabi Formation, Libya. Neogene Paleontology and Geology of Sahabi 145-151 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 61887: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.07.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Liguliflorae indet., Ambrosia sp., "Trilete" "fern"
Pteridopsida
 Ophioglossales - Ophioglossidae
Botrychium cf. dissectum
Monolete
  -
"Monolete" "fern"
"Monolete" "fern" Van der Hammen et al. 1973
Polypodiopsida
  - Osmundaceae
Osmunda regalis
Sphagnum
  - Sphagnaceae
Sphagnum sp.
Sphagnum sp. Linnaeus 1753 peat moss
Algae
  - Botryococcaceae
Botryococcus sp.
Botryococcus sp. Kutzing 1849
Lycopodiopsida
 Isoetales - Isoetaceae
Isoetes sp.
Isoetes sp. Linnaeus 1753 quillwort
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Abies sp., Picea sp., Pinus sp.
Abies sp. Miller 1754 fir
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824 spruce
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Cupressaceae indet.
Cupressaceae indet. Gray 1822 cypress
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Ericaceae indet.
Ericaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 heather
Angiospermae
 Saxifragales - Haloragaceae
Myriophyllum scabratum, Myriophyllum heterophyllum
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Liquidambar sp.
Liquidambar sp. Linnaeus 1753 sweetgum
 Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
Polygonum sp.
Polygonum sp. Linnaeus 1753 knotweed
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa sp.
Nyssa sp. Linnaeus 1753 tupelo
 Lamiales - Oleaceae
Fraxinus sp.
Fraxinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 ash
 Apiales - Apiaceae
"Umbelliferae indet." = Apiaceae
"Umbelliferae indet." = Apiaceae Lindley 1836
 Asterales - Asteraceae
"Compositae indet." = Asteraceae, Artemisia sp.
"Compositae indet." = Asteraceae Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
Artemisia sp. Linnaeus 1753 daisy
 Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
Viburnum sp., Lonicera sp.
Viburnum sp. Linnaeus 1753 honeysuckle
Lonicera sp. Linnaeus 1753 honeysuckle
 Ranunculales - Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus sp., Thalictrum sp.
Ranunculus sp. Linnaeus 1753 buttercup
Thalictrum sp. Linnaeus 1753 meadow-rue
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae indet.
Cyperaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 sedge
 Poales - Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae Barnhart 1895 true grass
 Poales - Typhaceae
Typha sp.
Typha sp. Linnaeus 1753 bulrush
Sparganium?
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Corylus sp., Ostrya sp., Betula sp., Alnus sp.
Corylus sp. Linnaeus 1753 hazel
Ostrya sp. Scopoli 1760 hophornbeam
Carpinus?
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Carya sp.
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus sp., Castanea sp.
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak
Castanea sp. Miller 1754 chestnut
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus sp.
Populus sp. Linnaeus 1753 poplar
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Rosaceae sp., Sanguisorba canadensis
Rosaceae sp. Jussieu 1789 rose
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Nuphar sp., Brasenia sp., Nymphaea sp.
Nuphar sp. Smith 1809 water lily
Brasenia sp. Schreber 1789 water lily
Nymphaea sp. Linnaeus 1753 water lily
 Alismales - Alismaceae
Sagittaria sp.
Sagittaria sp. Linnaeus 1753
 Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton sp.
Potamogeton sp. Linnaeus 1753 pondweed
Chlorophyceae
  -
Pediastrum boryanum
Pediastrum boryanum Meneghini 1840
Tetraedron
  - Chlorococcaceae
Tetraedron sp.
Tetraedron sp. Kutzing 1845
Pontederia
  -
Pontederia sp.
Pontederia sp. Linnaeus