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

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae - Oxalidales - Oxalidaceae
Averrhoites affinis leaf (Newberry 1868)
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus meigsii leaf
Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae
aff. Juglandaceae informal sp.2 leaf
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
aff. Betulaceae informal sp.1 leaf
Angiospermae - Malvales - Sterculiaceae
Dombeya novimundi leaf Hickey 1977
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae
aff. Sapindaceae informal samara seed/fruit
sapindaceous samara
Angiospermae - Alismatales - Alismataceae
Alismataceae informal sp.1 seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Phoebe informal sp.1 leaf
Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
Menispermites parvareolatus leaf Hickey 1977
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
aff. Hamamelidaceae informal sp.1 leaf
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum genetrix leaf (Newberry 1868)
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
Dicotyledonae informal dicot VI leaf
Dicotyledonae informal dicot XV leaf
Dicotyledonae informal dicot XX leaf
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Glyptostrobus europaeus leaf (Brongniart 1833)
Ginkgoopsida - Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Ginkgo adiantoides leaf (Unger 1845)
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Equisetaceae
Equisetum informal sp.1 axis
Polypodiopsida - Salviniales - Salviniaceae
Salvinia preauriculata leaf Berry 1925
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming
Coordinates: 44.0° North, 107.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.6° North, 89.9° 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:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Lightning Bolt
Database number:11370
Authorizer:S. Wing Enterer:S. Ostrowski, J. Burns
Modifier:S. Wing Research group:paleobotany
Created:2001-08-13 10:50:29 Last modified:2003-03-09 18:38:08
Access level:the public Released:2001-08-13 10:50:29
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]