S.L.Wing thesis locality LB (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Lightning Bolt

Where: Wyoming (44.0° N, 107.0° W: paleocoordinates 48.6° N, 89.9° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Willwood Formation, Graybullian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: pond; mudstone

• same as pond

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 11370: authorized by Scott Wing, entered by Summer Ostrowski on 13.08.2001, edited by John Burns

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Polypodiopsida
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae
Salvinia preauriculata Berry 1925 watermoss
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum "sp.1" Linnaeus 1753 horsetail
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress
Angiospermae
 Alismatales - Alismataceae
Alismataceae "sp.1" Ventenat 1799
 Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Phoebe "sp.1" Nees 1836 laurel
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus raynoldsii Newberry 1868 plane tree
 Proteales - Sabiaceae
Meliosma longifolia Hickey 1977
 Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
aff. Hamamelidaceae "sp.1" Brown 1818 witch-hazel
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum genetrix Newberry 1868 katsura
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
 Oxalidales - Oxalidaceae
Averrhoites affinis Newberry 1868 wood sorrel
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
aff. Betulaceae "sp.1" Gray 1822 birch
 Malvales - Sterculiaceae
Dombeya novimundi Hickey 1977
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
aff. Sapindaceae "samara" de Jussieu 1789 soapberry
sapindaceous samara
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"Dicotyledonae "dicot VI"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "dicot XV"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "dicot XX"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "dicot VI"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "dicot XV"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "dicot XX"" = Dicotyledoneae
Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Ginkgo adiantoides Unger 1845 ginkgo