Where: Wyoming (44.9° N, 106.9° W: paleocoordinates 50.8° N, 85.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Fort Union Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
• upper Fort Union
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• Specimens were collected by T.E. Willard, Aug. 20, 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 40884: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 02.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Chaetoptelea microphylla Newberry 1868 elm | |
"Carya antiquorum" = Hicoria antiquora
"Carya antiquorum" = Hicoria antiquora Newberry 1868 |