Cracker Box Creek locality (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as Locality of Ward (1886)

Where: Dawson County, Montana (47.0° N, 104.9° W: paleocoordinates 52.4° N, 82.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Fort Union Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: chemical, mechanical,

Primary reference: S. R. Manchester, M. A. Akhmetiev, and T. M. Kodrul. 2002. Leaves and fruits of Celtis aspera (newberry) comb. nov. (Celtidaceae) from the Paleocene of North America and eastern Asia. International Journal of Plant Sciences 163(5):725-736 [H. Wang/M. Arakaki/M. Arakaki]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31538: authorized by Hongshan Wang, entered by Monica Arakaki on 15.05.2003, edited by Jocelyn Sessa

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Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Celtis aspera (Newberry) Linnaeus 1753 hackberry
Celtis aspera Manchester 2014 hackberry
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum spp. Linnaeus 1753 horsetail
tubers