Hamilton Bay, Kupreanof Island - 7565 (55) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Alaska (56.9° N, 133.8° W: paleocoordinates 61.5° N, 120.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, gray shale

• Dark gray, almost black, friable shale associated with coal seam.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. F. Buddington and T. Chapin. 1929. Geology and mineral deposits of southeastern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 800:1-398 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 112312: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 08.07.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Identified by A. Hollick.
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unclassified
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Orodaphne sp.
Angiospermae
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Flabellaria gronlandica
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus glandulifera, Populus balsamoides
Populus glandulifera Heer 1856 poplar
Populus balsamoides Göppert 1855 poplar
 Fagales - Nothofagaceae
Dryophyllum stanleyanum
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Castanea cataneaefolia
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis olriki
Vitis olriki Heer 1868 grapevine
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnolia inglefieldi
Magnolia inglefieldi Heer 1868 magnolia
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Taxodium occidentale, Taxodium tinajorum, Taxodium dubium, Sequoia ? couttsiae, Sequoia langsdorfii
Taxodium occidentale Newberry 1863 cypress
Taxodium tinajorum Heer 1871 cypress
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Sequoia ? couttsiae Heer 1862 coast redwood
Sequoia langsdorfii Heer 1877 coast redwood
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Taxites olriki
Taxites olriki Heer 1868 yew
Polypodiopsida
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Pteris sitkensis
Pteris sitkensis Heer 1869
Cycadopsida
 Dioales - Dioaceae
Dioon praespinulosum n. sp.
Dioon praespinulosum n. sp. cycads