RC1822 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Weston County, Wyoming (43.6° N, 105.1° W: paleocoordinates 49.2° N, 83.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Lebo Member (Fort Union Formation), Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• Claystone bed 5 feet above Coal L

Environment/lithology: gray claystone

• Dark-gray claystone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: adpression, original sporopollenin

Collection methods: chemical,

Primary reference: H. A. Leffingwell. 1970. Palynology of the Lance (Late Cretaceous) and Fort Union (Paleocene) Formations of the type Lance area, Wyoming. Geological Society of America Special Paper 127:1-64 [S. Wing/S. Wing/S. Wing]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31295: authorized by Scott Wing, entered by Elizabeth Moore on 01.05.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Polypodiopsida
  - Gleicheniaceae
Gleicheniidites spp. Dettmann 1963
  - Polypodiaceae
Fraxinoipollenites
  -
Angiospermae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
"Maceopolipollenites tenuipolus" = Momipites
"Maceopolipollenites tenuipolus" = Momipites
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Ulmaceae indet. Brisseau-Mirbel 1815 elm
 Santalales - Loranthaceae
 Gunnerales -
 Proteales -