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

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
informal Wing thesis morphotype informal dicot VII leaf
1 specimen
informal Wing thesis morphotype informal dicot XIX leaf
2 specimens
informal Wing thesis morphotype informal dicot XVI leaf
9 specimens
informal Wing thesis morphotype informal dicot XVII leaf
7 specimens
informal Wing morphotype informal palm sp.1 leaf
1 specimen
Polypodiopsida - Salviniales - Salviniaceae
Salvinia preauriculata leaf Berry 1925
45 specimens
Azolla informal sp.1 leaf
Angiospermae - Arales - Lemnaceae
Spirodela magna leaf
10 specimens
Angiospermae - Alismatales - Alismataceae
aff. Alismataceae informal sp.1 leaf
2 specimens
Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae
aff. Juglandaceae informal sp.2 leaf
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
aff. Betulaceae informal sp.1 leaf
32 specimens
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus meigsii leaf
5 specimens
Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae
aff. Leguminosae informal sp.1 leaf
111 specimens
Angiospermae - Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
Zingiberopsis isonervosa leaf Hickey 1977
16 specimens
Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
Menispermites parvareolatus leaf Hickey 1977
2 specimens
Angiospermae - Violales - Flacourtiaceae
aff. Flacourtiaceae informal sp.3 leaf
10 specimens
Angiospermae - Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus brownii leaf
Platanus gracilis leaf
Platanus guillelmae leaf Göppert 1852
80 specimens
Platanus raynoldsii leaf (Newberry 1868)
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum genetrix leaf (Newberry 1868)
8 specimens
Ginkgoopsida - Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Ginkgo adiantoides leaf (Unger 1845)
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:Late/Upper 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:planar lamination carbonaceous mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fine channel fill
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:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Hutchison Hill
Database number:11360
Authorizer:S. Wing Enterer:S. Ostrowski, J. Burns
Modifier:S. Wing Research group:paleobotany
Created:2001-08-13 10:23:22 Last modified:2002-09-12 14:31:49
Access level:the public Released:2001-08-13 10:23:22
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]