ammonites
L.J. Hickey locality LJH6723 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Wyoming (44.0° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 49.4° N, 90.4° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fort Union Formation, Clarkforkian (56.8 - 55.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: 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 11374: authorized by Scott Wing, entered by Summer Ostrowski on 13.08.2001, edited by John Burns