L.J. Hickey locality LJH72116 (Paleocene 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: Fort Union Formation, Clarkforkian (56.8 - 55.8 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 11382: 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
Angiospermae
 Oxalidales - Oxalidaceae
Averrhoites affinis Newberry 1868 wood sorrel
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
"Carya antiquorum" = Hicoria antiquora
"Carya antiquorum" = Hicoria antiquora Newberry 1868
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
 Rosids - Moraceae
Ficus artocarpoides Lesquereux 1883 fig
Dicotyledoneae
 Parietales - Ternstroemiaceae
Angiospermae
 Cornales - Cornaceae
Cornus hyperborea Heer 1871 dogwood
 Asterales - Asteraceae
Calycites polysepala Newberry 1868 daisy
 Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
Viburnum asperum Newberry 1868 honeysuckle
 Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Persites argutus Hickey 1977 laurel
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress
Magnoliopsida
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Quereuxia angulata Newberry 1953
Viburnum cupanioides
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"Viburnum cupanioides" = Beringiaphyllum cupanioides
"Viburnum cupanioides" = Beringiaphyllum cupanioides Manchester et al. 1999