Where: Montana (46.4° N, 105.8° W: paleocoordinates 52.5° N, 81.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Tullock Formation, Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 61.7 Ma)
• Below coal in Tullock
Environment/lithology: fluvial; siliciclastic sediments
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• Collected by R. W. Brown and F. S. MacNeill on Aug. 21, 1936
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 53691: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 13.09.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hepaticae | |
Marchantia pealei Knowlton 1908 liverwort | |
Angiospermae | |
Ampelopsis acerifolia Newberry 1868
Vitis olriki Heer 1868 grapevine | |
"Sapindus affinis" = Averrhoites affinis
"Sapindus affinis" = Averrhoites affinis Newberry 1868 wood sorrel | |
Paranymphaea crassifolia Newberry 1935 water lily | |
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Lycopodiopsida | |
Isoetites horridus Dawson 1883 clubmoss |