L.J. Hickey locality LJH72123 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Wyoming (44.0° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 49.9° N, 88.8° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fort Union Formation, Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: siltstone and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, original carbon

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 11383: authorized by Scott Wing, entered by Summer Ostrowski on 13.08.2001, edited by John Burns

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus raynoldsii Newberry 1868 plane tree
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum genetrix Newberry 1868 katsura
 Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
Viburnum antiquum Newberry 1868 honeysuckle
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Sassafras thermale Brown 1962 sassafras