S.L. Wing thesis locality RR5: Graybullian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Polypodiopsida
- Salviniales
- Salviniaceae
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Salvinia preauriculata leaf
Berry 1925
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Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Juglandaceae
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aff. Juglandaceae informal sp.2 leaf
Perleb 1818
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Angiospermae
- Poales
- Typhaceae
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aff. Typha informal sp.1 axis
Linnaeus 1753
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Angiospermae
- Zingiberales
- Zingiberaceae
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Zingiberopsis isonervosa leaf
Hickey 1977
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Coniferales
- Cupressaceae
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Metasequoia occidentalis leaf
Chaney 1951
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming |
| Coordinates: | 44.4° North, 108.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.2° North, 91.0° West | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Eocene | *Local age/stage: | Middle Graybullian |
| Key time interval: | Graybullian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 54.90000 - 50.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Willwood |
| Regional section: | Bighorn Basin |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified carbonaceous "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | wet floodplain |
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
| Also known as: | River Road 5 | ||
| Database number: | 11398 | ||
| Authorizer: | S. Wing | Enterer: | S. Ostrowski, J. Burns |
| Modifier: | S. Wing | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2001-08-13 11:54:36 | Last modified: | 2003-03-09 16:18:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-08-13 11:54:36 |
| 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] |