Hill above (north of) Lost Creek (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Wyoming (44.0° N, 110.0° W: paleocoordinates 46.8° N, 98.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sepulcher Formation, Middle Eocene (48.6 - 37.2 Ma)

• This collection has also been divided into collections consisting of single beds. However, some occurrences in Knowlton 1899 are assigned to "Hill above (north of) Lost Creek" with the bed unspecified.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, original carbon

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: F. H. Knowlton. 1899. Fossil Flora of the Yellowstone National Park. USGS Monograph Series 32(2) [H. Sims/H. Lindon/H. Lindon]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35580: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Jason Cassara on 29.12.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Only occurrences in Knowlton 1899 for which the bed is not specified are listed here.
Angiospermae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Laurus californica Lesquereux 1883 laurel
 Oxalidales - Oxalidaceae
"Sapindus affinis" = Averrhoites affinis
"Sapindus affinis" = Averrhoites affinis Newberry 1868 wood sorrel