Puget Group

The Puget Group is a

In the northern area of group around

The total deposition time has been estimated to be as short as approximately 7.7 million years, from around 45 to 36 million years ago based on isotopic data reported in 1993 or as long as 51 to 34 million years ago based on the paleofloristic data of Wolfe (1968, 1977)^[1]

Western North American floral stages

The Western North American floras of the Eocene were divided into four floral "stages" by Jack Wolfe (1968) based on work with the Puget Group plant fossils. The four stages, Franklinian, Fultonian, Ravenian, and Kummerian covered the Early Eocene through early Oligocene, and three of the four were given informal early/late substages. Wolfe tentatively deemed the Franklinian as Early Eocene, the Fultonian as Middle Eocene, the Ravenian as Late, and the Kummerian as Early Oligocene.^[3] The beginning of the Kummerian was refined by Gregory Retallack et al (2004) as 40 mya, with a refined end at the Eocene-Oligocene boundary where the younger Angoonian floral stage starts.^[4]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
• Paleontology in Washington (state)
• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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