West of Wardell Ranch Loc. PA321 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Colorado (39.0° N, 110.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.9° N, 94.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Green River Formation, Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon

Primary reference: H. D. MacGinitie. 1969. The Eocene Green River Flora of northwestern Colorado and northeastern Utah. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 83:1-140 [S. Wing/S. Wing/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24415: authorized by Scott Wing, entered by Heather Lindon on 07.08.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Allophylus flexifolia
(Lesquereux) comb. nov.
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum winchesteri horsetail
Brown
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
"Lygodium kaulfussii" = Lygodium kaulfussi
"Lygodium kaulfussii" = Lygodium kaulfussi Heer climbing fern
Heer
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Picea pinifructus spruce
Brown
Angiospermae
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus wyomingensis plane tree
(Knowlton and Cockerell) comb. nov.
 Apiales - Araliaceae
Oreopanax elongatum n. sp.
MacGinitie
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Eugenia americana myrtle
(Lesquereux) comb. nov.
Angiospermae
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix longiacuminata willow
Knowlton
Populus cinnamomoides poplar
(Lesquereux) comb. nov.
Populus wilmattae poplar
Cockerell
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Leguminosites lesquereuxiana Knowlton 1898 legume
Knowlton
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Celtis mccoshii Lesquereux 1883 hackberry
Lesquereux
Zelkova nervosa zelkova
(Newberry) Brown
 Rosales - Mimosaceae
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Cardiospermum coloradensis soapberry
(Knowlton) comb. nov.
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Rhus migricans sumac
(Lesquereux) Knowlton
Acrostichum
  -
Acrostichum hesperium Newberry 1882
Newberry