Wardell Ranch (PA-106) (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as ETE Locality 202, Wardell Ranch (PA-106),

Where: Wyoming (39.8° N, 107.9° W: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 94.3° W)

When: Parachute Crk. Member (Green River Formation), Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: .

•Parachute Creek member Ar dated to ~51.56Ma (see Smith and Carroll 2015)

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; lithology not reported

• ETE sed env 1: ., ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: .

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 123, 122, 88, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: H. D. MacGinitie. 1969. The Eocene Green River Flora of northwestern Colorado and northeastern Utah. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 83:1-140 [S. Wing/S. Wing/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21389: authorized by Scott Wing, entered by Scott Wing on 19.10.1992, edited by Heather Lindon and Monica Arakaki

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Bunrsera inaequalateralis
(Lesquereux) MacGinitie new comb.
Athyana balli
(Brown) new comb.
Allophylus flexifolia
(Lesquereux) MacGinitie new comb.
Polypodiopsida
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Asplenium delicatula
(Brown) MacGinitie new comb.
Carpites
  -
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus balli pine
Brown
Pinus florissanti Lesquereux 1883 pine
Lesquereux
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Eugenia americana myrtle
(Lesquereux) MacGinitie new comb.
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
Symplocos exilis sweetleaf
MacGinitie
 Ericales - Styracaceae
Styrax transversa storax
MacGinitie
Angiospermae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus cuneatus n. sp. oak
Quercus petros n. sp. oak
Quercus drymeja Unger 1847 oak
Unger
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Berchemiopsis paucidentata MacGinitie 1969 buckthorn
MacGinitie
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Vauquelinia comptonifolia rose
(Brown) new comb.
Prunus stewarti plum
new name
Rosa hilliae Lesquereux 1883 rose
Lesquereux
 Rosales - Mimosaceae
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Cedrelospermum nervosum Newberry 1883 elm
(New.) Manch. comb. nov.
Zelkova nervosa zelkova
(Newberry) Brown
 Rosales -
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus cinnamomoides poplar
(Lesquereux) MacGinitie new comb.
Populus wilmattae poplar
Cockerell
Salix cockerelli willow
Brown
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Aleurites glandulosa spurge
(Brown) new comb.
 Celastrales - Celastraceae
Celastrus winchesteri bittersweet
new comb.
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Erythrina roanensis n. sp. legume
Leguminosites regularis n. sp. legume
MacGinitie
Leguminosites lesquereuxiana Knowlton 1898 legume
Knowlton
Gymnocladus hesperia legume
(Brown) new comb.
Caesalpinia pecorae legume
Brown
 Malvales - Malvaceae
Sterculia coloradensis tropical chestnut
Brown
 Sapindales - Simaroubaceae
Ailanthus lesquereuxi Cockerell 1927
Cockerell
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Rhus nigricans sumac
(Lesquereux) Knowlton
Astronium truncatum cashew
Lesquereux
 Sapindales - Meliaceae
Cedrela trainii mahogany
Arnold
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Koelreuteria viridifluminis golden rain tree
(Hollick) Brown
Acer lesquereuxi maple
Knowlton
Dipteronia insignis soapberry
(Lesquereux) Brown
Cardiospermum coloradensis soapberry
(Knowlton) MacGinitie new comb.
 Sapindales - Rutaceae
Ptelea cassioides hoptree
(Lesquereux) MacGinitie
 Piperales - Aristolochiaceae
Aristolochia mortua Cockerell 1908 birthwort
Cockerell
 Poales - Cyperaceae
"Cyperacites filiferus" = Cyperus filiferus
"Cyperacites filiferus" = Cyperus filiferus Cockerell 1923 sedge
(Cockerell) Becker
 Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
Menispermites limacioides n. sp.
Lesquereux
 Apiales - Araliaceae
 Lamiales - Oleaceae
Osmanthus praemissa Lesquereux 1883
(Lesquereux) Cockerell
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Distylium eocenica witch-hazel
(Brown) new comb.
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus wyomingensis plane tree
(Knowlton and Cockerell) new comb.
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Persea coriacea n. sp. laurel
Lindera varifolia n. sp. laurel
Beilschmiedia eocenica laurel
(Brown) new comb.
Ocotea coloradensis laurel
(Brown) LaMotte
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Acrostichum
  -
Acrostichum hesperium Newberry 1882
Newberry