Fossil Forest and vicinity, 1 mile south of Yanceys (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: Lamar River 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 24130: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 01.08.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum canaliculatum Knowlton 1899 horsetail
Knowlton
Angiospermae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Laurus perdita Knowlton 1899 laurel
Knowlton
Perseoxylon aromaticum Felix 1896 laurel
Felix. "This species was detected by Felix in his visit to the Yellowstone Natinal Park in 1888. I did not meet with it."
 Apiales - Araliaceae
Aralia notata Lesquereux 1878 spikenard
Lesquereux
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Ulmus ? minima Ward 1885 elm
Ward
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus yanceyi Knowlton 1899 oak
Knowlton
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Juglans laurifolia Knowlton 1899 walnut
Knowlton
 Celastrales - Celastraceae
Elaeodendron polymorphum Ward 1886 bittersweet
Ward
 Rosids - Moraceae
Ficus ? tiliaefolia Br fig
Al. Br.
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia langsdorfii Heer 1877 coast redwood
(Brongt.) Heer