USNM 41262 (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as PW 9412

Where: Sweetwater County, Wyoming (41.6° N, 108.6° W: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 90.7° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fort Union Formation, Clarkforkian (56.8 - 55.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: wet floodplain; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Washakie Basin; immediately above Big Multi Quarry; 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 28680: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Peter Wilf on 20.02.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
"Cinnamomum" sezannense Brown 1962 cinnamon
Morphotype #FW02; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
Persites argutus Hickey 1977 laurel
Morphotype #FW08,WM10; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllaceae "FW09" Engler 1907
Morphotype #FW09; 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
 Rosids - Moraceae
"Ficus" planicostata Lesquereux 1872 fig
Morphotype #FW54; 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
Palaeocarpinus
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Palaeocarpinus aspinosa
Morphotype #BB23; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information