USGS locality 5612, NW1/4, NW 1/4, Sec. 13, T9N, R29E, MT, upper Fort Union Fm (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Montana (46.5° N, 108.0° W: paleocoordinates 52.5° N, 85.7° 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 R.W. Stone, B. Kennedy, June 16, 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 43401: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 13.08.2004

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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.
Angiospermae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Persea brossiana Lesquereux 1878 laurel