Hongyuan, Yunhe, Heqing: Late/Upper Pliocene, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Betulaceae
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Alnus sp.
Miller 1754
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Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Fagaceae
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Castanopsis sp.
Spach 1842
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Quercus (Heterobalanus) heqingensis
Huang and Zhou 2015
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Angiospermae
- Buxales
- Buxaceae
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Buxus pliosinica n. sp. leaf, cuticle
Huang et al. 2018
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Angiospermae
- Ericales
- Ericaceae
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Rhododendron sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Pinopsida
- Pinales
- Pinaceae
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Tsuga sp.
Carrière 1855
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Cedrus sp.
Trew 1757
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Pinus sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Yunnan |
| Coordinates: | 26.6° North, 100.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.7° North, 99.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Sanying |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,white mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Herbarium, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 224479 | ||
| Authorizer: | B. Allen | Enterer: | B. Allen |
| Created: | 2022-03-08 09:47:21 | Last modified: | 2022-03-08 09:47:21 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-03-08 09:47:21 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 80598. | H. S. Huang, T. Su, and Z. K. Zhou. 2018. Fossil leaves of Buxus (Buxaceae) from the Upper Pliocene of Yunnan, SW China. Palaeoworld 27(2):271-281 [B. Allen/B. Allen] |