UW V-79034 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Sweetwater County, Wyoming (41.6° N, 108.7° W: paleocoordinates 48.9° N, 84.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lance Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• approx. same layer as UW V-79032

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; brown, gray, calcareous mudstone

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the UW

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: B. H. Breithaupt. 1982. Paleontology and paleoecology of the Lance Formation (Maastrichtian), east flank of Rock Springs Uplift, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 21(2):123-151 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 45846: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 09.12.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Angiospermae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
cf. Sassafras thermale Brown 1962 sassafras
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
cf. Phoenicites sp. Brongniart 1828 palm
 Fagales - Nothofagaceae
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Rhamnus hirsuta buckthorn
 Rosids - Moraceae
cf. Ficus paryearensis fig
var. elongata
Ficus rockvalensis Knowlton 1918 fig
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia cuneata Newberry 1863 coast redwood