L.J. Hickey locality LJH7634 (Paleogene of the United States)

Where: Wyoming (44.0° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 49.4° N, 90.4° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Willwood Formation, Clarkforkian (56.2 - 54.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: 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 11378: 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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Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum "sp.1" Linnaeus 1753 horsetail
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress
Angiospermae
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus raynoldsii Newberry 1868 plane tree
 Proteales - Sabiaceae
Meliosma longifolia Hickey 1977
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum genetrix Newberry 1868 katsura
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Paleonelumbo macroloba Knowlton 1930 water lily
 Rosids - Moraceae
"Ficus" artocarpoides Lesquereux 1883 fig
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
""Carya" antiquorum" = Hicoria antiquora
""Carya" antiquorum" = Hicoria antiquora Newberry 1868
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"Dicotyledonae "LJH n.sp.X"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "LJH n.sp.XXIX"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "LJH magnolia sp.1"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "LJH magnolia sp.2"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae okra sp.1" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "LJH n.sp.X"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "LJH n.sp.XXIX"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "LJH magnolia sp.1"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "LJH magnolia sp.2"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae okra sp.1" = Dicotyledoneae
Viburnum cupanioides
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""Viburnum" cupanioides" = Beringiaphyllum cupanioides
""Viburnum" cupanioides" = Beringiaphyllum cupanioides Manchester et al. 1999