USNM 41254 (Paleogene of the United States)

Also known as PW 9536

Where: Sweetwater County, Wyoming (41.6° N, 109.3° W: paleocoordinates 47.0° N, 91.4° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fort Union Formation, Clarkforkian (56.2 - 54.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: wet floodplain; lithified, carbonaceous shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Green River Basin; badlands along Little Bitter Creek; NMNH Accession #OR420051

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 28647: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Peter Wilf on 20.02.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Allantodiopsis erosa Lesquereux 1878
Morphotype #RR32; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
  - Blechnaceae
Woodwardia gravida Hickey 1977
Morphotype #FW19-47; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress
Morphotype #FW20; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
Angiospermae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Persites argutus Hickey 1977 laurel
Morphotype #FW08,WM10; 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