L.J. Hickey locality Chance Loc: Tiffanian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ginkgoopsida - Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Ginkgo adiantoides leaf (Unger 1845)
original and current combination Salisburia adiantoides
Angiospermae - Vitales - Vitaceae
"Ampelopsis" acerifolia leaf (Newberry 1868)
synonym of Populus newberryi
Angiospermae
Dicotyledonae informal LJH n.sp.XIV leaf
corrected as Dicotyledoneae
Angiospermae - Araceae
Porosia verrucosa leaf (Lesquereux 1878)
Angiospermae - Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus raynoldsii leaf (Newberry 1868)
original and current combination Platanus raynoldsi
Angiospermae - Proteales - Sabiaceae
Meliosma flexuosa leaf
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum genetrix leaf (Newberry 1868)
Angiospermae - Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
"Viburnum" asperum leaf Newberry 1868
Angiospermae - Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
"Magnolia" magnifica leaf Dawson 1882
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Glyptostrobus europaeus leaf (Brongniart 1833)
original and current combination Taxodium europaeum
Metasequoia occidentalis leaf Chaney 1951
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming
Coordinates: 45.0° North, 109.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.9° North, 88.5° West
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
*Period:Tertiary *Local age/stage:Tiffanian
Key time interval:Tiffanian
Age range of interval:60.90000 - 56.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fort Union
Regional section:Bighorn Basin
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
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
Database number:11341
Authorizer:S. Wing Enterer:S. Ostrowski, J. Burns
Modifier:S. Wing Research group:paleobotany
Created:2001-08-13 09:02:34 Last modified:2003-03-03 17:32:00
Access level:the public Released:2001-08-13 09:02:34
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]