Buckeye Flat Locality 104: Middle Eocene, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Carpites egregia seed/fruit
MacGinitie 1941
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Bennettitales
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Zamites californica leaf
MacGinitie 1941
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Angiospermae
- Laurales
- Lauraceae
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Persea pseudocarolinensis leaf
Lesquereux 1878
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Cinnamomum dilleri leaf
Knowlton 1902
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Cinnamomum acrodromum leaf
Potbury 1935
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Angiospermae
- Icacinales
- Icacinaceae
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Phytocrene sordida leaf
(Lesquereux 1878)
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Angiospermae
- Saxifragales
- Hamamelidaceae
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Liquidambar californicum leaf
Lesquereux 1878
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Angiospermae
- Saxifragales
- Cercidiphyllaceae
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Cercidiphyllum elongatum leaf
Brown 1939
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Angiospermae
- Proteales
- Platanaceae
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Platanus appendiculata leaf
Lesquereux 1878
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Platanophyllum whitneyi leaf
(Lesquereux 1878)
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| recombined as Macginitiea whitneyi | ||||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Rosales
- Rhamnaceae
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Rhamnidium chaneyi leaf
Potbury 1935
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Angiospermae
- Rosales
- Ulmaceae
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Chaetoptelea pseudofulva leaf
(Lesquereux 1878)
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| new comb. | ||||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Malpighiales
- Euphorbiaceae
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Mallotus riparius leaf
MacGinitie 1941
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Angiospermae
- Malpighiales
- Salicaceae
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Salix ionensis leaf
MacGinitie 1941
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Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Fagaceae
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Castanopsis longipetiolatum leaf
(Knowlton 1899)
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| new comb. | ||||||||||
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Quercus nevadensis leaf
Lesquereux 1878
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Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Juglandaceae
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Engelhardtia nevadensis seed/fruit
MacGinitie 1941
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Angiospermae
- Sapindales
- Sapindaceae
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Thouinopsis myricaefolia leaf
(Lesquereux 1878)
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| new comb. | ||||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Sapindales
- Anacardiaceae
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Rhus mixta leaf
Lesquereux 1878
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Angiospermae
- Sapindales
- Burseraceae
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Canarium californicum leaf
(Lesquereux 1878)
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Angiospermae
- Moraceae
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Ficus goshenensis leaf
Chaney and Sanborn 1933
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Ficus densifolia leaf
Knowlton 1899
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Angiospermae
- Ericales
- Theaceae
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Gordonia egregia leaf
(Lesquereux 1878)
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| new comb. | ||||||||||
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Polypodiopsida
- Schizaeales
- Lygodiaceae
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Lygodium kaulfussi leaf
Heer
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Nevada |
| Coordinates: | 39.2° North, 120.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.8° North, 106.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| *Period: | Early/Lower Tertiary - Middle Tertiary | *Epoch: | Middle Eocene |
| Key time interval: | Middle Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | "floodplain" |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,adpression,original carbon |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 24000 | ||
| Authorizer: | H. Sims | Enterer: | H. Lindon |
| Modifier: | H. Sims | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2002-07-26 07:26:44 | Last modified: | 2003-09-16 15:01:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-07-26 07:26:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6791. | H. D. MacGinitie. 1941. A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 534:1-178 [H. Sims/H. Lindon/J. Alroy] |