USGS locality 5526, Wind River Basin, WY, lower Fort Union Fm (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as USGS locality 5526, USGS locality 9112

Where: Fremont County, Wyoming (43.0° N, 108.6° W: paleocoordinates 49.2° N, 87.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• lower Fort Union

Environment/lithology: fluvial; siliciclastic sediments

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Specimens were collected by E.G. Woodruff, July 21, 1909.

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 43305: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 11.08.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Species lists for Brown 1962 were compiled from the publication and provided for the Paleobiology Database by Drs. Steven R. Manchester and Peter R. Crane.
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Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Ginkgo adiantoides
Ginkgo adiantoides Unger 1845 ginkgo
Angiospermae
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Leguminosites coloradensis
Leguminosites coloradensis Knowlton 1922 legume
seed
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus greenlandica
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Juglandicarya sp., Juglandicarya spp., "Carya antiquorum" = Hicoria antiquora
Juglandicarya sp. Reid and Chandler 1933
nut
Juglandicarya spp. Reid and Chandler 1933
fruit
"Carya antiquorum" = Hicoria antiquora Newberry 1868