USGS localities 8193 & 8195, East of Sidney; right bank of Yellowstone River (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Montana (47.7° N, 104.2° W: paleocoordinates 53.0° N, 81.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

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

Environment/lithology: fluvial; siliciclastic sediments

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Collected by R.W. Brown and J. Murata on Aug. 18, 1931

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 53600: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 12.09.2005

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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.
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Glyptostrobus nordenskioldi Chinese swamp cypress
cone scale
Angiospermae
 Cornales - Cornaceae
Cornus hyperborea Heer 1871 dogwood
Cornus hyperborea nebrascensis
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
"Carya antiquorum" = Hicoria antiquora
"Carya antiquorum" = Hicoria antiquora Newberry 1868