Cliff west of Fossil Forest, near Chalcedony Creek: Middle Eocene, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
- Equisetaceae
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Equisetum canaliculatum axis
Knowlton 1899
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Coniferales
- Cupressaceae
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Sequoia langsdorfii leaf
(Heer 1877)
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Pinopsida
- Pinales
- Pinaceae
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Pinus macrolepis seed repro
Knowlton 1899
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Angiospermae
- Proteales
- Platanaceae
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Platanus guillelmae leaf
Göppert 1852
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Angiospermae
- Poales
- Cyperaceae
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Cyperacites sp. leaf
Schimper 1870
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Angiospermae
- Laurales
- Lauraceae
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Laurus ? primigenia leaf
Unger 1850
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Angiospermae
- Malpighiales
- Salicaceae
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? Populus vivaria leaf
Knowlton 1899
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Populus balsamoides leaf
Göppert 1855
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unclassified
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Phyllites crassifolia leaf
Knowlton 1899
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming |
| Coordinates: | 44.0° North, 110.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.8° North, 98.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| *Period: | Early/Lower Tertiary - Middle Tertiary | *Epoch: | Middle Eocene |
| Key time interval: | Middle Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Sepulcher |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,adpression,original carbon |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 24196 | ||
| Authorizer: | H. Sims | Enterer: | H. Lindon |
| Modifier: | H. Sims | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2002-08-02 04:11:04 | Last modified: | 2003-10-14 20:43:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-08-02 04:11:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6815. | F. H. Knowlton. 1899. Fossil Flora of the Yellowstone National Park. USGS Monograph Series 32(2) [H. Sims/H. Lindon/H. Lindon] |