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

Also known as Platanus nobilis Quarry, SLW8610, USNM Locality#37560

Where: Wyoming (44.0° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 48.7° N, 92.5° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Willwood Formation, Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fine channel fill; carbonaceous mudstone

• pond

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, original carbon

Reposited in the USNM

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: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 11393: authorized by Scott Wing, entered by Summer Ostrowski on 13.08.2001, edited by John Burns and Scott Wing

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
aff. Sapindaceae "samara-sp.2" de Jussieu 1789 soapberry
sapindaceous samara-sp.2
 Fabales - Fabaceae
"aff. Leguminosae "sp.2"" = Fabaceae, "aff. Leguminosae "sp.3"" = Fabaceae, "cf. Leguminosae phyllode?" = Fabaceae, Dalbergia "sp.1"
"aff. Leguminosae "sp.2"" = Fabaceae Lindley 1836 legume
"aff. Leguminosae "sp.3"" = Fabaceae Lindley 1836 legume
"cf. Leguminosae phyllode?" = Fabaceae Lindley 1836 legume
possibly a phyllode
Dalbergia "sp.1" Linnaeus 1782 legume
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
 Violales - Flacourtiaceae
aff. Flacourtiaceae "sp.3" Richard and Candolle 1824
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus guillelmae Göppert 1852 plane tree
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
cf. Cercidiphyllum "tiny wingedseeds" Siebold and Zuccarini 1846 katsura
tiny wingedseeds-cf. Cercidiphyllum
 Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
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"Monocotyledonae "Monocot III"" = Monocotyledoneae, "Monocotyledonae "palm sp.1"" = Monocotyledoneae
"Monocotyledonae "Monocot III"" = Monocotyledoneae
"Monocotyledonae "palm sp.1"" = Monocotyledoneae
 Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton sp.2 Linnaeus 1753 pondweed
 Arales - Lemnaceae
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"Dicotyledonae "dicot VIII"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "dicot XIV"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "unid sp879-1"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "unid sp879-2"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "unid sp879-3"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "unid sp879-4"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "unid sp8610-1"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "unid sp8610-2"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "unid sp8610-3"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "unid sp8610-4"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "unid sp905-2"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "unid sp905-5"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "unid sp905-8"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "unid sp905-9"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "unid sp905-10"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "unid sp906-1"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "unid sp907-1"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "dicot VIII"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "dicot XIV"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "unid sp879-1"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "unid sp879-2"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "unid sp879-3"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "unid sp879-4"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "unid sp8610-1"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "unid sp8610-2"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "unid sp8610-3"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "unid sp8610-4"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "unid sp905-2"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "unid sp905-5"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "unid sp905-8"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "unid sp905-9"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "unid sp905-10"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "unid sp906-1"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "unid sp907-1"" = Dicotyledoneae
Polypodiopsida
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae
Salvinia preauriculata Berry 1925 watermoss
Azolla "sp.1" Lamarck 1783