2km E of Laga, Xiangxi (Pliocene of China)

Where: Tibet, China (31.7° N, 79.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 29.4° N, 80.0° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Zanda Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• "The strata is well exposed and is made up of Pliocene lacustrine grey-whitish silty mudstone in the upper middle section of the Zanda Formation" (Huang et al. 2020)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; gray, white, silty mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: J. Huang, T. Su, S. F. Li, F. X. Wu, and Z. K. Zhou. 2020. Pliocene flora and paleoenvironment of Zanda Basin, Tibet, China. Science China Earth Sciences 63:212-223 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 224430: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 04.03.2022

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Kobresia sp., Caragana cf. gerardiana, Caragana cf. versicolor, Caragana sp., Ceratostigma sp., Dictphyllum sp.
Angiospermae
 Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
Lonicera cf. spinosa, Lonicera sp.
Lonicera sp. Linnaeus 1753 honeysuckle
 Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
Polygonum sp.
Polygonum sp. Linnaeus 1753 knotweed
 Ranunculales - Berberidaceae
Berberis sp.
Berberis sp. Linnaeus 1753 barberry
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Rhododendron sp.
Rhododendron sp. Linnaeus 1753 rhododendron
Angiospermae
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix sp.
Salix sp. Linnaeus 1753 willow
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Cotoneaster sp., Spiraea cf. myrtilloides, Spiraea sp., Potentilla fruticosa
Cotoneaster sp. Medikus 1789 rose
Spiraea sp. Linnaeus 1753 meadowsweet
Potentilla fruticosa Linnaeus 1753 cinquefoil
 Rosales - Elaeagnaceae
Hippophae sp.
Hippophae sp. Linnaeus 1753 sea buckthorn