Where: North Dakota (46.9° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 52.2° N, 81.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Sentinel Butte Member (Fort Union Formation), Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; coal
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• Specimens were collected by Knowlton & Peale, July 15, 1907.
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 40533: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 24.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Polypodiopsida | |
Dennstaedtia americana Knowlton 1910 |