Also known as PW 9624
Where: Sweetwater County, Wyoming (42.3° N, 108.2° W: paleocoordinates 47.1° N, 91.5° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Niland Tongue 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; loc#5 of Pipiringos, p. A12; "Pronghorn Safari"; 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 28741: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Peter Wilf on 20.02.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Sabalites/Amesoneuron" "RR34" Morphotype #RR34; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
Dendropanax latens Morphotype #RR60; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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"Dicotyledonae "RR49"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "RR55"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "RR85"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "RR49"" = Dicotyledoneae Morphotype #RR49; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
"Dicotyledonae "RR55"" = Dicotyledoneae Morphotype #RR55; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
"Dicotyledonae "RR85"" = Dicotyledoneae Morphotype #RR85; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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aff. Gleditsia "RR29" Linnaeus 1753 Morphotype #RR29; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Averrhoites affinis Newberry 1868 wood sorrel Morphotype #RR41; 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 castaneopsis Morphotype #RR09; 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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Salvinia preauriculata Berry 1925 watermoss Morphotype #RR06; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Thelypteris iddingsi Morphotype #RR69; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
aff. Pteris silvicola Morphotype #RR51; 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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Cycadaceae "RR68" Persoon 1807 cycads Morphotype #RR68; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Acrostichum hesperium Newberry 1882 Morphotype #RR80; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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