Where: North Dakota (46.9° N, 103.5° W: paleocoordinates 52.1° N, 80.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Fort Union Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
• '15 or 20 feet higher than No. 23' From USGS unpublished log book. I do not know what this means.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; coal
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• Specimens were collected by Knowlton & Peale, July 11, 1908
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 40427: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 23.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Cabomba inermis Newberry 1868 water lily |