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
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 | |
Angiospermae | |
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"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
Dalbergia "sp.1" Linnaeus 1782 legume | |
Populus meigsii poplar
Populus wyomingiana poplar | |
aff. Flacourtiaceae "sp.3" Richard and Candolle 1824 | |
Platanus gracilis plane tree
Platanus wyomingensis plane tree
Platanus guillelmae Göppert 1852 plane tree | |
cf. Cercidiphyllum "tiny wingedseeds" Siebold and Zuccarini 1846 katsura tiny wingedseeds-cf. Cercidiphyllum
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Zingiberopsis isonervosa Hickey 1977 | |
"Monocotyledonae "Monocot III"" = Monocotyledoneae, "Monocotyledonae "palm sp.1"" = Monocotyledoneae
"Monocotyledonae "Monocot III"" = Monocotyledoneae
"Monocotyledonae "palm sp.1"" = Monocotyledoneae | |
Potamogeton sp.2 Linnaeus 1753 pondweed | |
Spirodela magna duckweed | |
"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 | |
Salvinia preauriculata Berry 1925 watermoss
Azolla "sp.1" Lamarck 1783 |