Boysen(USGS 9052): Wasatchian - Early Eocene, Wyoming
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming |
| Coordinates: | 43.5° North, 107.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.0° North, 91.4° West |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| *Period: | Tertiary - Tertiary | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Eocene - Early/Lower Eocene | *Local age/stage: | Wasatchian |
| Key time interval: | Wasatchian - Early Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 54.9 - 47.8 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Wind River | Member: | Lost Cabin | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: . | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | tuffaceous lithified "shale" |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: . | |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: ., ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: . | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 0 specimens |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 124, 122, 88, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 195, Boysen(USGS 9052), | ||
| Database number: | 21382 | ||
| Authorizer: | S. Wing | Enterer: | S. Wing |
| Modifier: | S. Wing | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 1993-01-04 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-10-20 14:32:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-01-04 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4428. | ETE 6 | S. L. Wing. 1990. personal research. [S. Wing/S. Wing/M. Uhen] |