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USGS locality 541 Buck Creek, Weston County, Wyoming, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 43.75,-105 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on political unit |
Given Location | Wyoming, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Weston County, Wyoming, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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USGS locality 541 Buck Creek, WY, upper Fort Union Fm | Brown R. W. (1962) | Fort Union | lower Fort Union | sandstone | 66 - 56 Ma Paleocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Castanea intermedia species | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Fagales : Fagaceae : Castanea : Castanea intermedia | 66 - 56 Ma Paleocene |
Carya antiquorum species | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Fagales : Juglandaceae : Carya : Carya antiquorum | 66 - 56 Ma Paleocene |
Prunus sp. genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Rosaceae : Prunus | 66 - 56 Ma Paleocene |
References
Brown R. W. (1962) Paleocene flora of the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 375, 1-119 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!