Also known as USGS locality 229
Where: San Pete County, Utah (39.5° N, 111.6° W: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 92.1° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Fort Union Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; shale and coal
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• C. A. White collected these specimens in 1885.
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 39885: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 10.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chara spp. Linnaeus 1753 stonewort |