Na-Giao, Lạng Sơn (Oligocene of Vietnam)

Also known as Lang Son

Where: Vietnam (21.9° N, 106.8° E: paleocoordinates 22.0° N, 106.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lignite and 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 224535: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 16.03.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Phyllites
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Phyllites sp. Brongniart 1822
Angiospermae
 Magnoliales - Annonaceae
"cf. Anona sp." = Annona Linnaeus 1753 custard apple
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
aff. Juglans schimperi Lesquereux 1871 walnut
 Fagales - Fagaceae
 Rosids - Moraceae
aff. Ficus schimperi Lesquereux 1869 fig
aff. Ficus puryearensis Berry 1916 fig
var. elongata
 Laurales - Lauraceae
? Oreodaphne sp. Nees 1833 laurel
Cinnamomum sp. Schaeffer 1760 cinnamon
 Lamiales - Oleaceae
cf. Osmanthus pedatus Lesquereux 1869