Also known as PW 9529
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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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: bulk, mechanical,
• only dicot leaves censused; see corresponding non-census locality for full species list and additional comments. Insect damage census site for Wilf and Labandeira 1999 and Wilf et al. 2001.Total collection size here includes earlier component (for Wilf 2000) without insect damage tally as well as insect damage tally (Wilf and Labandeira 1999, Wilf et. al 2001). See online supplement of Wilf et al. 2001 for insect damage data for each specimen in the insect damage census.
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 28911: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Peter Wilf on 28.02.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Dicotyledonae "RR37"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "RR20"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "RR57"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "RR31"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "RR38"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "RR37"" = Dicotyledoneae Morphotype #RR37; see Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
"Dicotyledonae "RR20"" = Dicotyledoneae Morphotype #RR20; see Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
"Dicotyledonae "RR57"" = Dicotyledoneae Morphotype #RR57; see Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
"Dicotyledonae "RR31"" = Dicotyledoneae Morphotype #RR31; see Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
"Dicotyledonae "RR38"" = Dicotyledoneae Morphotype #RR38; see Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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"Dombeya" novimundi Hickey 1977 Morphotype #RR05; see Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Hovenia cf. oregonensis buckthorn Morphotype #RR15; see Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Alnus "RR14" Miller 1754 alder Morphotype #RR14; see Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Platycarya americana Hickey 1977 Morphotype #RR01; see Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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aff. Sloanea "RR18" Linnaeus Morphotype #RR18; see Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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cf. Magnoliales "RR12" Jussieu 1820 magnoliids Morphotype #RR12; see Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Apocynaceae "RR17" de Jussieu 1789 dogbane Morphotype #RR17; see Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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cf. Schoepfia republicensis Berry 1929 Morphotype #RR44; see Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Cinnamomophyllum "RR19" Kraeusel and Weyland 1950 Morphotype #RR19; see Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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