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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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
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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
aff. Philodendron "RR61" Morphotype #RR61; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress Morphotype #FW20; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Angiospermae | |
Lauraceae "RR46" Jussieu 1789 laurel Morphotype #RR46; 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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cf. Palaeosinomenium venablesii Chandler 1961 Morphotype #RR77; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Apocynaceae "RR17" de Jussieu 1789 dogbane Morphotype #RR17; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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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
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cf. Magnoliaceae "RR36" de Jussieu 1789 magnolia Morphotype #RR36; 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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Populus wyomingiana poplar Morphotype #RR62; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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aff. Sloanea "RR18" Linnaeus 1753 bullwood Morphotype #RR18; 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
Alnus "RR14" Miller 1754 alder Morphotype #RR14a; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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aff. Fagaceae "RR94" Dumortier 1829 Morphotype #RR94; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Hovenia cf. oregonensis buckthorn Morphotype #RR15; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Allophylus flexifolia soapberry Morphotype #RR59; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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"Dombeya" novimundi Hickey 1977 Morphotype #RR05; 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
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Polypodiopsida | |
Allantodiopsis "RR35" Knowlton and Maxon 1919 Morphotype #RR35; 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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Lygodium kaulfussi Heer climbing fern Morphotype #RR07; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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? Dryopteridaceae "RR21" Herter 1949 Morphotype #RR21; "Tatman fern" of Wing, 1998; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Woodwardia gravida Hickey 1977 Morphotype #FW19-47; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Cinnamomophyllum | |
Cinnamomophyllum "RR19" Kraeusel and Weyland 1950 Morphotype #RR19; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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