USNM 41352 (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as PW 9549

Where: Sweetwater County, Wyoming (41.9° N, 108.0° W: paleocoordinates 46.7° N, 91.5° 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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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 siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Great Divide Basin; Sourdough Butte area; NMNH Accession #OR420051. Occurrence of Cephaloleichnites strongi (hispine beetle damage on Zingiberopsis, see Wilf et al. 2000).

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 28731: 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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Syzygioides americana
Morphotype #RR23; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
Sabalitesamesoneuron "RR34"
Morphotype #RR34; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
Allophylus flexifolia
Morphotype #RR59; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
aff. Philodendron "RR61"
Morphotype #RR61; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
Angiospermae
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"Dicotyledonae "RR20"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "RR31"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "RR37"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "RR48"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "RR63"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "RR65"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "RR66"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "RR76"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "RR88"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "RR89"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "RR95"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "RR20"" = Dicotyledoneae
Morphotype #RR20; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
"Dicotyledonae "RR31"" = Dicotyledoneae
Morphotype #RR31; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
"Dicotyledonae "RR37"" = Dicotyledoneae
Morphotype #RR37; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
"Dicotyledonae "RR48"" = Dicotyledoneae
Morphotype #RR48; Dicot XXXVI of Wing, 1998; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
"Dicotyledonae "RR63"" = Dicotyledoneae
Morphotype #RR63; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
"Dicotyledonae "RR65"" = Dicotyledoneae
Morphotype #RR65; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
"Dicotyledonae "RR66"" = Dicotyledoneae
Morphotype #RR66; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
"Dicotyledonae "RR76"" = Dicotyledoneae
Morphotype #RR76; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
"Dicotyledonae "RR88"" = Dicotyledoneae
Morphotype #RR88; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
"Dicotyledonae "RR89"" = Dicotyledoneae
Morphotype #RR89; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
"Dicotyledonae "RR95"" = Dicotyledoneae
Morphotype #RR95; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
 Malvales - Sterculiaceae
"Dombeya" novimundi Hickey 1977
Morphotype #RR05; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Hovenia cf. oregonensis buckthorn
Morphotype #RR15; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Stillingia casca Hickey 1977 spurge
Morphotype #RR47; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus wyomingiana poplar
Morphotype #RR62; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
 Fagales - Fagaceae
aff. Fagaceae "RR94" Dumortier 1829
Morphotype #RR94; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus "RR14" Miller 1754 alder
Morphotype #RR14; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
Alnus "RR14" Miller 1754 alder
Morphotype #RR14a; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
 Oxalidales - Elaeocarpaceae
aff. Sloanea "RR18" Linnaeus
Morphotype #RR18; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
cf. Magnoliaceae "RR36" de Jussieu 1789 magnolia
Morphotype #RR36; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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"Monocotyledonae "RR28"" = Monocotyledoneae, "Monocotyledonae "RR81"" = Monocotyledoneae
"Monocotyledonae "RR28"" = Monocotyledoneae
Morphotype #RR28; leaf with spiny margin (?bromeliad); see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
"Monocotyledonae "RR81"" = Monocotyledoneae
Morphotype #RR81; "Monocot C"; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
 Gentianales - Apocynaceae
Apocynaceae "RR17" de Jussieu 1789 dogbane
Morphotype #RR17; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
 Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
cf. Palaeosinomenium venablesii Chandler 1961
Morphotype #RR77; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
 Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
Zingiberopsis isonervosa Hickey 1977
Morphotype #RR03; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Lauraceae "RR46" Jussieu 1789 laurel
Morphotype #RR46; 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
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Allantodiopsis "RR35" Knowlton and Maxon 1919
Morphotype #RR35; 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
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
? Dryopteridaceae "RR21" Herter 1949
Morphotype #RR21; "Tatman fern" of Wing, 1998; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Lygodium kaulfussi Heer climbing fern
Morphotype #RR07; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
"Cnemidaria magna" = Cyathea
"Cnemidaria magna" = Cyathea scaly tree fern
Morphotype #RR22; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
Cinnamomophyllum
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Cinnamomophyllum "RR19" Kraeusel and Weyland 1950
Morphotype #RR19; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information