Fossil Forest Bed 6 (Eocene of the United States)

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• 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 24156: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 01.08.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia sp. Endlicher 1847 coast redwood
cones of
Sequoia langsdorfii Heer 1877 coast redwood
(Brgt.) Heer
Angiospermae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Laurus californica Lesquereux 1883 laurel
Lesquereux
 Liliales - Smilacaceae
Smilax lamarensis Knowlton 1899 greenbrier
Knowlton
 Icacinales - Icacinaceae
"Ficus sordida" = Phytocrene sordida
"Ficus sordida" = Phytocrene sordida Lesquereux 1878 white pear
Lesquereux
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus guillelmae Göppert 1852 plane tree
Gopp
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Juglans crescentia Knowlton 1899 walnut
Knowlton
Juglans rugosa Lesquereux 1868 walnut
Lesquereux
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus weedii Knowlton 1899 oak
Knowlton
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Sapindus grandifoliolus Ward 1885 soapnut
Ward
 Sapindales - Burseraceae
"Juglans californica" = Canarium californicum
"Juglans californica" = Canarium californicum Lesquereux 1878
Lesquereux
Polypodiopsida
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Asplenium iddingsi Knowlton 1899 spleenwort
Knowlton
Dryopteris xantholithensis Knowlton 1899
Knowlton
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum deciduum Knowlton 1899 horsetail
Knowlton