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JOHN DAY FOSSIL BEDS
Geology and Paleoenvironments of the Clarno Unit John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon |
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APPENDIX 13:
A checklist of early Oligocene (Orellan) fossils in the lower John Day Formation, Clarno area
EQUISETALES (horsetails)
Equisetum sp.: stem (horsetail)CONIFERALES (conifers)
Keteleeria sp.: cone (keteleeria)Metasequoia occidentalis (Newberry) Chaney: foliar shoots (dawn redwood)
Torreya sp.: needles (nutmeg tree)
Pinus sp.: winged seed (pine)
Coniferales gen. et sp. indet: wood (conifer) - Micay
MONOCOTYLEDONAE (grasses, reeds)
Monocotyledonae gen. et sp. indet.: leaf (broadleaf reed)LAURACEAE (laurels)
Cinnamomophyllum bendirei (Knowlton) Wolfe: leaf (extinct laurel)Cinnamomophyllum sp.: leaf (extinct laurel)
BERBERIDACEAE (barberry family)
Mahonia simplex (Newberry) Brown: leaf (Oregon grape)CERCIDIPHYLLACEAE (katsura)
Cercidiphyllum crenatum (Unger) Brown: leaves, pods (extinct katsura)BETULACEAE (birches)
Alnus heterodonta (Newberry) Meyer & Manchester: leaves (lobed alder)Alnus hollandiana Jennings emend. Klucking: leaves (toothed alder)
Paracarpinus chaneyi Manchester & Crane: leaves, fruits (as Asterocarpinus perplexans Manchester & Crane) (extinct hornbeam)
FAGACEAE (oaks and beeches)
Quercus sp. indet.: acorns (oak)TILIACEAE (lindens and basswoods)
Craigia oregonensis (Arnold) Kvacek, Buzek & Manchester: fruit (Chinese linden)Plafkeria obliquifolia (Chaney) Wolfe: leaves (extinct linden)
"Tilia" circularis (Chaney) Manchester & Meyer: leaf (extinct filmy-leaved linden)
Tilia pedunculata Chaney: leaf (extinct basswood)
Tilia sp. indet.: leaves (extinct basswood)
STERCULIACEAE (cocoa family)
Florissantia speirii (Lesquereux) Manchester: flowers (extinct malvalean)ROSACEAE (roses)
Crataegus merriami (Knowlton) Meyer & Manchester: leaf (hawthorn)Rubus sp. indet.: leaf (raspberry)
SAXIFRAGACEAE (saxifrages and hydrangeas)
Hydrangea florissanti Cockerell: flower (extinct hydrangea)Ribes sp. indet.: leaves (currants)
LEGUMINOSAE (pea family)
Cercis sp. indet.: pod (redbud)LYTHRACEAE (henna family)
Decodon sp. indet.: leaves (water willow)CORNACEAE (dogwoods)
Aucuba sp. indet. leaves (Japanese laurel)Cornus sp. indet.: leaves (dogwood)
ICACINACEAE (icacina vines)
Palaeophytocrene sp. indet.: fruit (extinct icanina vine)HIPPOCASTANACEAE (horse chestnuts)
Aesculus sp. indet.: leaf (horse chestnut)ACERACEAE (maples)
Acer kluckingi Wolfe & Tanai: leaf (five-lobed maple)Acer osmonti Knowlton: leaf, samara (broadleaf maple)
Acer manchesteri Wolfe & Tanai: leaf, samara (sycamorelike maple)
ANACARDIACEAE (cashew family)
Rhus sp. indet.: leaves (sumac)Toxicodendron sp. indet.: leaves (poison oak)
JUGLANDACEAE (walnuts)
Juglans sp.: leaflets (walnut)TRICHOPTERA (caddis flies)
Folindusia sp.: case (caddis fly case of redwood needles)PISCES (fish)
Nuvumbra oregonensis Cavender: fish (mud minnow)Note: Source of species names is Brown (1959), Wolfe and Tanai (1987), Manchester and Meyer (1987), Manchester (1992), Meyer and Manchester (1994).
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