Also known as Locality E-2
Where: Heilongjiang, China (49.3° N, 129.7° E: paleocoordinates 52.2° N, 118.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Wuyun Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the NIGPAS
Primary reference: Y.-S. Liu, S.-X. Guo, and D. K. Ferguson. 1996. A catalogue of Cenozoic megafossil plants in China. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 238:141-179 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 223817: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 03.12.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Ctenis sp. Lindley and Hutton 1834 | |
Gleichenites gracilis Heer 1868 | |
Osmunda greenlandica Brown 1962 | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Angiospermae | |
Nymphaeites brownii water lily | |
Cissus marginata Lesquereux 1872 | |
Sorbaria wuyungense rose | |
"Planera cf. microphylla" = Chaetoptelea microphylla
"Planera cf. microphylla" = Chaetoptelea microphylla Newberry 1868 elm | |
Zizyphus pseudocretacea buckthorn | |
Alnus ellipsophylla, Alnus protobarbata, Alnus sp., Betula sachalinensis, Betula speciosa, Betula prisca, Corylus fosteri
Alnus ellipsophylla alder
Alnus protobarbata alder
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
Betula sachalinensis birch
Betula speciosa birch
Betula prisca Ettingshausen 1851 birch
Corylus fosteri Ward 1885 hazel | |
Bauhinia gracilis legume | |
Populus carneosa poplar | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
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Angiospermae | |
Menispermites sp. Lesquereux 1874
Menispermites obtusiloba Lesquereux 1868
Menispermites borealis Heer 1882 | |
Cercidiphyllum diversifolium katsura
Cercidiphyllum cf. genesevianum katsura
Trochodendroides sp. Berry 1922 | |
Viburnum antiquum Newberry 1868 honeysuckle
Viburniphyllum finale honeysuckle | |
Aralia sp. Linnaeus 1753 spikenard | |
Typha sp. Linnaeus 1753 bulrush | |
Cupressus sp. Linnaeus 1753 cypress
Thuja cretacea Heer 1882 cypress
Sequoia chinensis coast redwood | |
Phyllites | |
Phyllites sp. Brongniart 1822 | |
Debeya | |
Carpolithes | |
Carpolithes arcticus Hickey 1977 | |
Pseudoprotophyllum | |
Protophyllum | |
Protophyllum haydenii | |
Protophyllum cf. haydenii Lesquereux 1871 | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ginkgo adiantoides Unger 1845 ginkgo | |
Viburnum cupanioides | |
"Viburnum cupanioides" = Beringiaphyllum cupanioides
"Viburnum cupanioides" = Beringiaphyllum cupanioides Manchester et al. 1999 |