K.R. Johnson locality HorseValley#2 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Wyoming (45.0° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 50.9° N, 88.5° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fort Union Formation, Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: siltstone and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, original carbon

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: S. L. Wing, J. Alroy, and L. J. Hickey. 1995. Plant and mammal diversity in the Paleocene to Early Eocene of the Bighorn Basin. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 115:117-155 [S. Wing/H. Sims/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 11361: authorized by Scott Wing, entered by Summer Ostrowski on 13.08.2001, edited by John Burns

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Angiospermae
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
 Garryales - Eucommiaceae
 Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
Viburnum asperum Newberry 1868 honeysuckle
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum genetrix Newberry 1868 katsura
 Proteales - Sabiaceae
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus raynoldsii Newberry 1868 plane tree
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
Porosia verrucosa Lesquereux 1878
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress
Metasequoia occidentalis Chaney 1951 dawn redwood