Where: Montana (48.1° N, 105.6° W: paleocoordinates 53.6° N, 82.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Somber beds Member (Fort Union Formation), Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• lower Fort Union, 20ft below top of Somber beds. Middle of Somber Beds.

Environment/lithology: fluvial; siliciclastic sediments

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Specimens were collected by E.A. Davis, Sept. 9, 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 43250: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 11.08.2004

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