L.J. Hickey locality LJH7871 (Paleogene of the United States)

Also known as SLWM216 just above U Michigan vertebrate locality SC216

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

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fort Union Formation, Clarkforkian (56.2 - 54.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, carbonaceous shale

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 11380: 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
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Ampelopsis acerifolia Newberry 1868
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
"Carya antiquorum" = Hicoria antiquora
"Carya antiquorum" = Hicoria antiquora Newberry 1868
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
aff. Hamamelidaceae "sp.1" Brown 1818 witch-hazel
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum genetrix Newberry 1868 katsura
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Persites argutus Hickey 1977 laurel
Sassafras thermale Brown 1962 sassafras
Magnoliopsida
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 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress
Metasequoia occidentalis Chaney 1951 dawn redwood