L.J. Hickey locality FosterGulch#2: Clarkforkian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Coniferales
- Cupressaceae
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Glyptostrobus europaeus leaf
(Brongniart 1833)
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Metasequoia occidentalis leaf
Chaney 1951
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Angiospermae
- Dipsacales
- Caprifoliaceae
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"Viburnum" asperum leaf
Newberry 1868
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Angiospermae
- Laurales
- Lauraceae
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Angiospermae
- Oxalidales
- Oxalidaceae
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Averrhoites affinis leaf
(Newberry 1868)
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Angiospermae
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Angiospermae
- Parietales
- Ternstroemiaceae
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unclassified
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"Viburnum" cupanioides leaf
Manchester et al. 1999
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming |
| Coordinates: | 45.0° North, 109.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 53.4° North, 78.4° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | ||
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1-2 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Paleocene | *Local age/stage: | Early/Lower Clarkforkian |
| Key time interval: | Clarkforkian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.2 - 54.9 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: | 11355 | ||
| Authorizer: | S. Wing | Enterer: | S. Ostrowski, J. Burns |
| Modifier: | S. Wing | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2001-08-13 10:07:59 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-08-13 10:07:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
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] |