L.J. Hickey locality HuntCreek#2: Torrejonian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Coniferales
- Cupressaceae
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Metasequoia occidentalis leaf
Chaney 1951
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Taxodium olrikii leaf
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Angiospermae
- Proteales
- Platanaceae
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Platanus raynoldsii leaf
(Newberry 1868)
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Angiospermae
- Garryales
- Eucommiaceae
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Eucommia serrata leaf
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Angiospermae
- Saxifragales
- Cercidiphyllaceae
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Cercidiphyllum genetrix leaf
(Newberry 1868)
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Angiospermae
- Vitales
- Vitaceae
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Vitis stantoni leaf
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Ampelopsis acerifolia leaf
(Newberry 1868)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming |
| Coordinates: | 45.0° North, 109.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.5° North, 86.3° West | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Local age/stage: | Torrejonian |
| Key time interval: | Torrejonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 63.8 - 60.9 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fort Union |
| Regional section: | Bighorn Basin |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression,original carbon |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 11367 | ||
| Authorizer: | S. Wing | Enterer: | S. Ostrowski, J. Burns |
| Modifier: | S. Wing | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2001-08-13 10:40:39 | Last modified: | 2003-03-03 17:46:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-08-13 10:40:39 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4163. | S. L. Wing, J. Alroy, and L. J. Hickey. 1995. Plant and mammal diversity in the Paleocene to Early Eocene of the Bighorn Basin. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 115:117-155 [S. Wing/H. Sims/M. Uhen] |