Where: Wyoming (41.2° N, 108.9° W: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 88.5° 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.W. Stanton & C.A. Fisher July 24, 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 40938: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 03.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Thuja interruptus cypress | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Woodwardia arctica Brown 1962 | |
Saccoloma gardneri Lesquereux 1873 |