USGS locality 5255, Rock Springs region, WY, Ferris Fm: Paleocene, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Lycopodiopsida
- Isoetales
- Isoetaceae
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Isoetites horridus sterile axis
(Dawson 1883)
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| corm with leaf scars | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming |
| Coordinates: | 41.4° North, 108.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.6° North, 88.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Paleocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ferris |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Collection method comments: Specimens were collected by G.E.Burton, August 14, 1908. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Species lists for Brown 1962 were compiled from the publication and provided for the Paleobiology Database by Drs. Steven R. Manchester and Peter R. Crane. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 43215 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wilf | Enterer: | J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2004-08-11 09:18:38 | Last modified: | 2004-08-11 12:18:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-08-11 09:18:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10820. | R. W. Brown. 1962. Paleocene flora of the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 375:1-119 [P. Wilf/J. Sessa/M. Uhen] |