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Anyone know of some good papers or books for identifying the species on GRF leaves? Mainly looking for leaf info, but insect info is welcome too.

 

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Leaf flora:
Equisetum,Woodwardia,Cnemidaria,”Allantodiopsis”,Acrostichum,Salvinia,
Lygodiym,Thelypteris,Pinus,Glyptostrobus,Metasequoia,Sabalites,aff. Smilax,
Zingiberid indet,”Sparganium”,Dipteronia,Rhus,Fraxinus,
Alnus,Viburnum,Ceratophyllum,Cercidiphyllum,Joffrea,Cornus,Sloanea,Acer,Aesculus,
(Platy)Carya,Ailanthus,Cedrelospermum,Ternstoemites,Celtis,Alchornea,Stillingia
Cinnamonum,Persites,Caesalpinia,Leguminosites,Dombeya ,Hovenia,Proteaciphyllum


“aff” Abutia,Triclisia,Schoepfia,Dendropanax,Smilax,Kydia

I take it you've located Scudder(1890) online(Tertiary Insects ,700+ pages?

 

 

 

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This has been a point of interest for me as well. There are a number of publications out there that have SOME information but nothing that is complete and little recent work. Here are a few that I have been able to find myself:

 

"Revision of the flora of the Green River formation, with descriptions of new species" Link --> https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp131F

"The Recognizable Species of the Green River Flora: Link --> https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0185c/report.pdf

"The Eocene Green River Flora of Northwestern Colorado and Northeastern Utah" (unfortunately not the full publication) Link --> https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2LpM5cB_X8C&lpg=PA134&ots=1V2ZdEfIwp&dq=revision of the flora of the green river formation&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

 

Common Plant Fossils from the Green River Formation at Douglas Pass, Colorado, and Bonanza, Utah.pdf

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I gave a list of taxa to Google which I'd recommend everyone to use because it just might that it is the most recent one .

As others will tell you also,Steve Manchester,Scott Wing,David Dilcher and perhaps some others have a useful (quantitative AND qualitative)output

with regard to Paleogene floras.

These floras cluster in time around significant climatic events,and that significance has led (and still does )to some in-depth paleobotanical analysis

 

 

 

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