Where: Wyoming (42.1° N, 110.2° W: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 65.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Aspen Shale Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; tuff
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Reposited in the YPM
Collection methods: quarrying
Primary reference: D. J. Peppe, L. J. Hickey, I. M. Miller and W. A. Green. 2008. A morphotype catalogue, floristic analysis and stratigraphic description of the Aspen Shale flora Cretaceous–Albian) of Southwestern Wyoming. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 49(2):181-208 [S. Wing/N. Jud]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 102759: authorized by Scott Wing, entered by Nathan Jud on 19.01.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Magnoliopsida | |
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Angiospermae | |
Sassafras bradleyii sassafras | |
Populus aspens poplar | |
Prunus aspensis plum | |
Sapindopsis schultzii soapberry
Sapindopsis belviderensis soapberry
Sapindopsis magnifolia Fontaine 1889 soapberry | |
Sparganium aspens bur-reed | |
Polypodiopsida | |
"Asplenium occidentale" = Osmunda occidentale
"Asplenium occidentale" = Osmunda occidentale Knowlton 1917 | |
Anemia fremonti Knowlton 1917
Baieropsis sp. Fontaine 1889 |