Where: Wyoming (42.8° N, 105.5° W: paleocoordinates 48.5° N, 84.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Fort Union Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
• lower Fort Union
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; coal
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• Specimens were collected by Branson, Aug 22, 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 40669: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 27.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Platanus raynoldsi Newberry 1868 plane tree |