Where: Wyoming (41.3° N, 108.9° W: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 88.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Fort Union Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
• upper Fort Union
Environment/lithology: fluvial; siliciclastic sediments
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• Specimens were collected by G.E.Burton, August 17, 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 43240: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 11.08.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
"Carya antiquorum" = Hicoria antiquora
"Carya antiquorum" = Hicoria antiquora Newberry 1868 |