USGS locality 5194, Sec. 30 T6N R2E Wyoming (Paleocene of the United States)
Where: New Mexico (43.5° N, 108.7° W: paleocoordinates 49.7° N, 87.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Fort Union Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
• upper Fort Union
Environment/lithology: fluvial
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• Specimens were collected by E.G. Woodriff, September 10, 1908.
Primary reference: R. W. Brown. 1962. Paleocene flora of the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 375:1-119 [P. Wilf/J. Sessa/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 43161: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 10.08.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Species lists for Brown 1962 were compiled from the publication and provided for the Paleobiology Database by Drs. Steven R. Manchester and Peter R. Crane.
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| Gastropoda | |
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Ficus affinis fig shell | |
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Glyptostrobus nordenskioldi Chinese swamp cypress | |
| Angiospermae | |
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Celtis aspera Manchester 2014 hackberry | |