L.J. Hickey locality LJH7627: Clarkforkian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Glyptostrobus europaeus leaf (Brongniart 1833)
1 specimen
unclassified
4 specimens
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Metasequoia occidentalis leaf Chaney 1951
76 specimens
Magnoliopsida
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Proteales - Platanaceae
1 specimen
Platanus raynoldsii leaf (Newberry 1868)
5 specimens
unclassified
2 specimens
Angiospermae - Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
Viburnum antiquum leaf (Newberry 1868)
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum genetrix leaf (Newberry 1868)
10 specimens
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Sassafras thermale leaf Brown 1962
1 specimen
25 specimens
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnolia magnifica leaf Dawson 1882
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae
10 specimens
Angiospermae - Vitales - Vitaceae
Ampelopsis acerifolia leaf (Newberry 1868)
17 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming
Coordinates: 44.0° North, 109.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:52.5° North, 79.0° 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: lithified carbonaceous "shale"
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:11377
Authorizer:S. Wing Enterer:S. Ostrowski, J. Burns
Modifier:S. Wing Research group:paleobotany
Created:2001-08-13 11:03:08 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2001-08-13 11:03:08
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]