L.J. Hickey locality 7834 (Paleogene of the United States)

Where: Wyoming (44.5° N, 108.3° W: paleocoordinates 49.8° N, 89.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Willwood Formation, Clarkforkian (56.2 - 54.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithified mudstone

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 11420: authorized by Scott Wing, entered by John Burns on 15.08.2001

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Angiospermae
 Garryales - Eucommiaceae
 Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
Viburnum antiquum Newberry 1868 honeysuckle
 Cornales - Cornaceae
Cornus nebrascensis Schimper 1874 dogwood
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum genetrix Newberry 1868 katsura
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus raynoldsii Newberry 1868 plane tree
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Persites argutus Hickey 1977 laurel
Sassafras thermale Brown 1962 sassafras
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnolia magnifica Dawson 1882 magnolia
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Ampelopsis acerifolia Newberry 1868
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Corylus insignis Heer 1871 hazel
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
"Carya antiquorum" = Hicoria antiquora
"Carya antiquorum" = Hicoria antiquora Newberry 1868
Magnoliopsida
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 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Metasequoia occidentalis Chaney 1951 dawn redwood