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

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Polypodiopsida - Salviniales - Salviniaceae
Salvinia preauriculata leaf Berry 1925
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Equisetaceae
Equisetum informal sp. 1 axis
Angiospermae
Monocotyledonae informal palm sp. 1 leaf
Angiospermae - Malvales - Sterculiaceae
Dombeya novimundi leaf Hickey 1977
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus informal sp. 1 leaf
Angiospermae - Oxalidales - Oxalidaceae
Averrhoites affinis leaf (Newberry 1868)
Angiospermae - Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
Zingiberopsis isonervosa leaf Hickey 1977
Angiospermae - Poales - Typhaceae
aff. Typha informal sp. 1 leaf
Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
Menispermites parvareolatus leaf Hickey 1977
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum genetrix leaf (Newberry 1868)
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Glyptostrobus europaeus leaf (Brongniart 1833)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming
Coordinates: 44.0° North, 108.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.7° North, 90.9° 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:Middle 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: mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:pond
Geology comments: same as pond
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:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:11350
Authorizer:S. Wing Enterer:S. Ostrowski, J. Burns
Modifier:S. Wing Research group:paleobotany
Created:2001-08-13 09:27:45 Last modified:2003-03-09 18:12:58
Access level:the public Released:2001-08-13 09:27:45
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]