OK Creek Section, sample D6761-B (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Sheridan County, Wyoming (44.6° N, 106.2° W: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 93.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Wasatch Formation, Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• 4 m below Felix coal (major coal bed).

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collected by USGS, Denver, Colorado

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric

• All slides are held in the Denver laboratory of the U.S. Geological Survey.

Primary reference: D. Pocknall. 1986. Palynological data from the Fort Union and Wasatch formations, Powder River basin, Wyoming and Montana. Open-File Report more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 236622: authorized by Phillip Jardine, entered by Hannah Morck on 16.10.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Angiospermae
 Typhales - Commelinidae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
unclassified
  -
Angiospermae
 Gunnerales -
unclassified
  -
Angiospermae
 Buxales - Buxaceae
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
unclassified
  -
Pteridopsida
  -
Leiotriletes spp. Potonie and Kremp 1954
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Magnoliopsida
  -
Periporopollenites sp. Pflug and Thomson 1953
Angiospermae
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
Intratriporopollenites sp. Thomson and Pflug 1953
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnipollenites verus Potonie 1931 birch
 Fagales - Fagaceae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Caryapollenites imparalis Nichols and Ott 1978
Caryapollenites veripites Wilson and Webster 1946
Momipites wyomingensis Nichols and Ott 1978
Momipites ventifluminis Nichols and Ott 1978
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Triporopollenites spp. Pflug and Thomson 1953