Tuyên Quang (Quaternary of Vietnam)

Where: Vietnam (21.8° N, 105.2° E: paleocoordinates 21.8° N, 105.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Quaternary (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lignite and brown shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected in 1918

Primary reference: M. Colani. 1920. Étude sur les florès tertiaires de quelques gisements de lignite de l'Indochine et du Yunnan [Study on the Tertiary flora of some lignite deposits in Indochina and Yunnan]. Bulletin du service geologique de l'Indochine [Bulletin of the Geological Service of Indochina] 8:1-524 [B. Allen/B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 224536: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 16.03.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak
Quercus aff. parceserrata Saporta and Marion 1871 oak
Quercus lantenoisi n. sp. Colani 1920 oak
Quercus aff. lantenoisi Colani 1920 oak
Quercus cf. incana Bartram 1791 oak
Quercus bonnieri n. sp. Colani 1920 oak
 Fagales - Nothofagaceae
Dryophyllum sp. Debey 1865
 Rosids - Moraceae
cf. Ficus sp. Linnaeus 1753 fig
Ficus cf. beauveriei Zeiller 1888 fig
 Laurales - Lauraceae
? Nectandra sp. Bergius 1767 laurel
Laurus mansuyi n. sp. Colani 1920 laurel
Cinnamomum sp. Schaeffer 1760 cinnamon
Cinnamomum aff. obovatus Berry 1916 cinnamon
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
? Glyptostrobus sp. Endlicher 1847 Chinese swamp cypress
Phyllites
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Phyllites sp. Brongniart 1822