Where: Wyoming (44.2° N, 108.9° W: paleocoordinates 50.4° N, 87.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Fort Union Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
• lower Fort Union
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; siliciclastic sediments
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• Specimens were collected by E.G. Woodruff, Aug. 18, 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 40780: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 30.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Magnolia magnifolia Knowlton 1918 magnolia | |
Glyptostrobus nordenskioldi Chinese swamp cypress | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Dryopteris meeteetseana Brown 1962 |