Also known as USGS locality 325

Where: Colorado (39.4° N, 103.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 47.6° N, 71.1° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

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

• Denver Basin

•'Leaves from the lower layer 6 ft. below the upper layer, or in a layer of shale under coarse conglomerate.'

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; shale and sandy claystone

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Specimens were collected by A. Lakes, and given to S. F. Emmons, USGS, who gave them to Brown.

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 39895: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 10.06.2004

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