L. J. Hickey locality SerendipitySummit (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as LJH72128

Where: Wyoming (44.0° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 50.6° N, 86.7° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fort Union Formation, Torrejonian (63.8 - 60.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; 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 11402: 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
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Cinnamomum sezannense Brown 1962 cinnamon
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
Porosia verrucosa Lesquereux 1878
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum genetrix Newberry 1868 katsura
 Garryales - Eucommiaceae
 Cornales - Cornaceae
Cornus nebrascensis Schimper 1874 dogwood
 Magnoliales -
aff. Magnoliales "sp.1" Jussieu 1820 magnoliids
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
"Carya antiquorum" = Hicoria antiquora
"Carya antiquorum" = Hicoria antiquora Newberry 1868
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Ampelopsis acerifolia Newberry 1868
Viburnum cupanioides
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"Viburnum cupanioides" = Beringiaphyllum cupanioides
"Viburnum cupanioides" = Beringiaphyllum cupanioides Manchester et al. 1999