S.L. Wing thesis locality RR1: Graybullian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Allantoidiopsis erosa leaf
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Angiospermae
- Laurales
- Lauraceae
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Phoebe informal sp.1 leaf
Nees 1836
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Angiospermae
- Saxifragales
- Hamamelidaceae
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aff. Hamamelidaceae informal sp.1 leaf
Brown 1818
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Angiospermae
- Saxifragales
- Cercidiphyllaceae
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Cercidiphyllum genetrix leaf
(Newberry 1868)
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Angiospermae
- Ranunculales
- Menispermaceae
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aff. Menispermaceae informal sp.1 leaf
de Jussieu 1789
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Menispermites parvareolatus leaf
Hickey 1977
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Angiospermae
- Violales
- Flacourtiaceae
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aff. Flacourtiaceae informal sp.1 leaf
Richard and Candolle 1824
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Angiospermae
- Rosales
- Ulmaceae
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Ulmus microphylla leaf
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Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Juglandaceae
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aff. Juglandaceae informal sp.2 leaf
Perleb 1818
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Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Betulaceae
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Alnus informal sp.1 leaf
Miller 1754
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Angiospermae
- Sapindales
- Sapindaceae
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aff. Sapindaceae informal samara seed/fruit
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| sapindaceous samara | ||||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Vitales
- Vitaceae
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"Ampelopsis" acerifolia leaf
(Newberry 1868)
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| synonym of Populus newberryi | ||||||||||
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Angiospermae
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Dicotyledonae informal dicot V leaf
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| corrected as Dicotyledoneae | ||||||||||
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Dicotyledonae informal dicot XXIV leaf
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| corrected as Dicotyledoneae | ||||||||||
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Dicotyledonae informal unid sp869-1 leaf
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| corrected as Dicotyledoneae | ||||||||||
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Dicotyledonae informal unid sp8630-1 leaf
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| corrected as Dicotyledoneae | ||||||||||
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Dicotyledonae informal unid sp8630-2 leaf
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| corrected as Dicotyledoneae | ||||||||||
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Dicotyledonae informal unid sp8630-3 leaf
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| corrected as Dicotyledoneae | ||||||||||
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Dicotyledonae informal unid sp8630-4 leaf
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| corrected as Dicotyledoneae | ||||||||||
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Coniferales
- Cupressaceae
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Metasequoia occidentalis leaf
Chaney 1951
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Glyptostrobus europaeus leaf
(Brongniart 1833)
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| original and current combination Taxodium europaeum | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming |
| Coordinates: | 44.4° North, 108.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.2° North, 91.0° West | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Eocene | *Local age/stage: | Early/Lower Graybullian |
| Key time interval: | Graybullian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 54.90000 - 50.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Willwood |
| Regional section: | Bighorn Basin |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified carbonaceous "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | lacustrine - small |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression,original carbon |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
Metadata
| Also known as: | River Road #1,SLW8630,USNM Locality#37580 | ||
| Database number: | 11395 | ||
| Authorizer: | S. Wing | Enterer: | S. Ostrowski, J. Burns |
| Modifier: | S. Wing | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2001-08-13 11:48:24 | Last modified: | 2003-03-09 16:10:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-08-13 11:48:24 |
| 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] |