Also known as PW 9635
Where: Sweetwater County, Wyoming (41.6° N, 109.3° W: paleocoordinates 47.3° N, 90.9° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Fort Union Formation, Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: wet floodplain; lithified siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• Green River Basin; Killpecker flora; UF loc. 18126, DMNH loc. 15270; NMNH Accession #OR420051
Primary reference: P. Wilf. 2000. Late Paleocene-early Eocene climate changes in southwestern Wyoming: Paleobotanical analysis. Geological Society America Bulletin 112(2):292-307 [P. Wilf/P. Wilf/P. Wilf]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 28656: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Peter Wilf on 20.02.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Joffrea "FW50" Morphotype #FW50; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
aff. Kydia "FW61" Morphotype #FW61; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Davidia antiqua Manchester 2002 clam Morphotype #FW43; formerly "Viburnum" antiquum; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Woodwardia gravida Hickey 1977 Morphotype #FW19-47; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress Morphotype #FW20; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Macginitiea gracilis Wolfe and Wehr 1987 Morphotype #FW48; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Cornus hyperborea Heer 1871 dogwood Morphotype #FW34; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Cercidiphyllum genetrix Newberry 1868 katsura Morphotype #FW51; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Lauraceae "FW28" Jussieu 1789 laurel Morphotype #FW28; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
aff. Ocotea "FW03" Aublet 1775 laurel Morphotype #FW03; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
Persites argutus Hickey 1977 laurel Morphotype #FW08,WM10; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
"Cinnamomum" sezannense Brown 1962 cinnamon Morphotype #FW02; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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"Dicotyledonae "FW62"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "FW62"" = Dicotyledoneae Morphotype #FW62; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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aff. Theaceae "FW49" Ker-Gawler 1816 tea Morphotype #FW49; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
aff. Theaceae "FW57" Ker-Gawler 1816 tea Morphotype #FW57; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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cf. Populus "FW60" Linnaeus 1753 poplar Morphotype #FW60; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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"Celtis" peracuminata hackberry Morphotype #FW59; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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Aesculus antiquorum soapberry Morphotype #FW63; see Table A3 of Wilf 2000 (reference 7696) for additional information
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