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
Angiospermae | |
Laurus californica Lesquereux 1883 laurel | |
"Sapindus affinis" = Averrhoites affinis
"Sapindus affinis" = Averrhoites affinis Newberry 1868 wood sorrel |