Where: Colorado (37.2° N, 104.5° W: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 85.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Raton Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• about 300' above base of upper coal group - from USGS unpublished log book.

Environment/lithology: fluvial; siliciclastic sediments

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Specimens were collected by W.T. Lee, 1910.

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 43414: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 13.08.2004

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