Where: Montana (46.6° N, 105.9° W: paleocoordinates 52.6° N, 81.6° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Tullock Formation, Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 61.7 Ma)
• Tullock, above thin coal
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. 14, 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 53692: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 13.09.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Equisetopsida | |
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Angiospermae | |
Sabal powelli palm | |
Cercidiphyllum arcticum katsura | |
Paranymphaea crassifolia Newberry 1935 water lily | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Angiospermae | |
"Sapindus affinis" = Averrhoites affinis
"Sapindus affinis" = Averrhoites affinis Newberry 1868 wood sorrel | |
Corylus insignis Heer 1871 hazel | |
Rhamnus hirsuta buckthorn | |
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Vitis lobata Knowlton 1924 grapevine | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Osmunda greenlandica Brown 1962
Osmunda macrophylla Penhallow 1908 | |
Dryopteris serrata Brown 1962 | |
Woodwardia arctica Brown 1962 | |
Gleichenia hesperia Brown 1962 | |
Bivalvia | |
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Mnium | |
Mnium montanense Brown 1962 | |
Beringiaphyllum cupanioides | |
Beringiaphyllum cupanioides3 Manchester et al. 1999 |