Hill south of Yanceys: Middle Eocene, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Angiospermae
- Proteales
- Platanaceae
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Platanus montana leaf
Knowlton 1899
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Angiospermae
- Laurales
- Lauraceae
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Laurus perdita leaf
Knowlton 1899
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Laurus grandis leaf
Lesquereux 1883
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming |
| Coordinates: | 44.0° North, 110.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.8° North, 98.4° West | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| *Period: | Early/Lower Tertiary - Middle Tertiary | *Epoch: | Middle Eocene |
| Key time interval: | Middle Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Lamar River |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,adpression,original carbon |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 24132 | ||
| Authorizer: | H. Sims | Enterer: | H. Lindon |
| Modifier: | J. Cassara | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2002-08-01 04:49:58 | Last modified: | 2004-01-03 09:27:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-08-01 04:49:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6815. | F. H. Knowlton. 1899. Fossil Flora of the Yellowstone National Park. USGS Monograph Series 32(2) [H. Sims/H. Lindon/H. Lindon] |