S.L.Wing thesis locality BRII: Graybullian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Glyptostrobus europaeus leaf (Brongniart 1833)
Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
Menispermites parvareolatus leaf Hickey 1977
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
aff. Hamamelidaceae informal sp. 1 leaf
Angiospermae - Proteales - Sabiaceae
Meliosma longifolia leaf (Hickey 1977)
Angiospermae - Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus gracilis leaf
Platanus raynoldsii leaf (Newberry 1868)
Angiospermae - Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
Zingiberopsis isonervosa leaf Hickey 1977
Angiospermae - Vitales - Vitaceae
"Ampelopsis" acerifolia leaf (Newberry 1868)
Angiospermae - Oxalidales - Oxalidaceae
Averrhoites affinis leaf (Newberry 1868)
Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae
aff. Juglandaceae informal sp. 2 leaf
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus informal sp. 1 leaf
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus meigsii leaf
Angiospermae
Dicotyledonae informal dicot VI leaf
Dicotyledonae informal dicot XX leaf
Polypodiopsida - Salviniales - Salviniaceae
Salvinia preauriculata leaf Berry 1925
unclassified
Allantoidiopsis erosa leaf
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming
Coordinates: 44.3° North, 108.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.1° North, 91.4° 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: 54.9 - 50.5 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Willwood
Regional section:Bighorn Basin
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:current ripples siltstone
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:crevasse splay
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
Also known as:WCS7
Database number:11338
Authorizer:S. Wing Enterer:S. Ostrowski, J. Burns
Modifier:S. Wing Research group:paleobotany
Created:2001-08-13 08:42:24 Last modified:2003-03-09 17:59:33
Access level:the public Released:2001-08-13 08:42:24
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]