Also known as USGS locality 2414
Where: Montana (47.1° N, 104.7° W: paleocoordinates 52.5° N, 81.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Fort Union Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
• upper Fort Union
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; carbonaceous shale
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• Specimens were collected by Lester F. Ward in August 1883.
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 40092: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 17.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Polypodiopsida | |
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Angiospermae | |
Platanus raynoldsi Newberry 1868 plane tree
Platanus nobilis Newberry 1868 plane tree | |
Vitis olriki Heer 1868 grapevine | |
Zelkova planeroides zelkova
Ulmus rhamnifolia Ward 1885 elm | |
Corylus insignis Heer 1871 hazel | |
Quercus sullyi Newberry 1883 oak | |
Bivalvia | |
"Davidia antiqua" = Actinodonta, Davidia antiqua
"Davidia antiqua" = Actinodonta Philipps 1848 clam |