Fossil Forest (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Wyoming (44.0° N, 110.0° W: paleocoordinates 46.8° N, 98.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sepulcher Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• This collection has also been divided into collections consisting of single beds. However, some occurrences in Knowlton 1899 are assigned to "Fossil Forest" with the bed unspecified.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: F. H. Knowlton. 1899. Fossil Flora of the Yellowstone National Park. USGS Monograph Series 32(2) [H. Sims/H. Lindon/H. Lindon]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35583: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Jason Cassara on 29.12.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Only occurrences in Knowlton 1899 for which the bed is not specified are listed here.
Phyllites
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Phyllites crassifolia Knowlton 1899
Angiospermae
 Cornales - Cornaceae
Cornus wrightii Knowlton 1899 dogwood
 Apiales - Araliaceae
Aralia sp. Linnaeus 1753 spikenard
Aralia wrightii Knowlton 1899 spikenard
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnolia californica Lesquereux 1878 magnolia
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix ? elongata Weber 1853 willow
 Malvales - Sterculiaceae
Pterospermites haguei Knowlton 1899
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Cissus haguei Knowlton 1899
 Rosids - Moraceae
Ficus haguei Knowlton 1899 fig
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Ebenaceae
Diospyros lamarensis Knowlton 1899
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia magnifica Knowlton 1898 coast redwood
"Up Cache Creek" (Knowlton 1899)