ammonites
S.L.Wing thesis locality BCT (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Wyoming (44.2° N, 108.5° W: paleocoordinates 49.0° N, 91.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Willwood Formation, Lostcabinian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: wet floodplain; lithified, carbonaceous shale

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] more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 11327: authorized by Scott Wing, entered by Heather Lindon on 13.08.2001, edited by John Burns