Tower Creek (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Wyoming (44.0° N, 110.0° W: paleocoordinates 46.8° N, 98.4° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sepulcher Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, original carbon

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: F. H. Knowlton. 1899. Fossil Flora of the Yellowstone National Park. USGS Monograph Series 32(2) [H. Sims/H. Lindon/H. Lindon]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24128: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 01.08.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Paliurus colombi Heer 1868 buckthorn
Heer
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Cinnamomum spectabilis cinnamon
Heer