Also known as PW 9542
Where: Sweetwater County, Wyoming (41.7° N, 107.8° W: paleocoordinates 46.5° N, 91.3° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Ramsey Ranch Member (Wasatch Formation), Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 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,
• Great Divide Basin; near Continental Divide exit; 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 28702: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Peter Wilf on 20.02.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Sabalitesamesoneuron "RR34" Morphotype #RR34; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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"Dicotyledonae "RR78"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "RR79"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "RR78"" = Dicotyledoneae Morphotype #RR78; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
"Dicotyledonae "RR79"" = Dicotyledoneae Morphotype #RR79; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Stillingia casca Hickey 1977 spurge Morphotype #RR47; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Alnus "RR14" Miller 1754 alder Morphotype #RR14; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Platycarya americana Hickey 1977 Morphotype #RR01; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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"Meliosma" longifolia Hickey 1977 Morphotype #RR52; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Zingiberopsis isonervosa Hickey 1977 Morphotype #RR03; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Lauraceae "RR46" Jussieu 1789 laurel Morphotype #RR46; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Salvinia preauriculata Berry 1925 watermoss Morphotype #RR06; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Lygodium kaulfussi Heer climbing fern Morphotype #RR07; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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"Cnemidaria magna" = Cyathea
"Cnemidaria magna" = Cyathea scaly tree fern Morphotype #RR22; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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