DMNH 1162 (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as KJ 9435

Where: Fremont County, Wyoming (42.3° N, 108.1° W: paleocoordinates 48.1° N, 88.4° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fort Union Formation, Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: wet floodplain; lithified, gray claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the DMNH

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Bison Basin collection, IDs revised from Gemmill and Johnson 1997, Palaios by Kirk Johnson and Peter Wilf. Collected by Kirk Johnson and crew.

Primary reference: P. Wilf. 2000. Late Paleocene-early Eocene climate changes in southwestern Wyoming: Paleobotanical analysis. Geological Society America Bulletin 112(2):292-307 [P. Wilf/P. Wilf/P. Wilf]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 28634: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Peter Wilf on 20.02.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Joffrea "BB20"
Morphotype #BB20; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
Angiospermae
 Rosids -
Malvales "BB38" Berchtold and Presl 1820
Morphotype #BB38; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
 Fabales - Fabaceae
"Bauhinia" wyomingiana legume
Morphotype #BB37; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Corylites "FW01" Gardner 1887 birch
Morphotype #FW01; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
""Carya" antiquorum" = Hicoria antiquora
""Carya" antiquorum" = Hicoria antiquora Newberry 1868
Morphotype #BB03; should be placed in Aesculus antiquorum; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
 Vitales - Vitaceae
"Ampelopsis" acerifolia Newberry 1868
Morphotype #FW14; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
  -
"Dicotyledonae "BB40"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "BB41"" = Dicotyledoneae, ""Dicotyledonae" "BB42"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "BB45"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "BB47"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "BB40"" = Dicotyledoneae
Morphotype #BB40; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
"Dicotyledonae "BB41"" = Dicotyledoneae
Morphotype #BB41; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
""Dicotyledonae" "BB42"" = Dicotyledoneae
Morphotype #BB42; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
"Dicotyledonae "BB45"" = Dicotyledoneae
Morphotype #BB45; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
"Dicotyledonae "BB47"" = Dicotyledoneae
Morphotype #BB47; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
 Cornales - Cornaceae
Cornus hyperborea Heer 1871 dogwood
Morphotype #FW34; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
aff. Cercidiphyllum "BB21" Siebold and Zuccarini 1846 katsura
Morphotype #BB21; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
 Laurales - Lauraceae
aff. Lauraceae "BB11" Jussieu 1789 laurel
Morphotype #BB11; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Metasequoia occidentalis Chaney 1951 dawn redwood
Morphotype #BB51; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
Metasequoia occidentalis Chaney 1951 dawn redwood
Morphotype #FW04; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
 Life -
Palaeocarpinus aspinosa
Morphotype #BB23; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
Beringiaphyllum cupanioides Manchester et al. 1999
Morphotype #FW44; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information