USGS locality 8887, 100 feet above Anderson clinker. (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Montana (45.1° N, 106.1° W: paleocoordinates 50.8° N, 84.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• 100 feet above Anderson clinker.

Environment/lithology: fluvial; siliciclastic sediments

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Collected by Bryson and Brown on Sept. 6, 1940

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 53954: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 19.09.2005

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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.
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Angiospermae
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
Porosia verrucosa
Porosia verrucosa Lesquereux 1878
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Sassafras thermale
Sassafras thermale Brown 1962 sassafras
 Trochodendrales - Trochodendraceae
Nordenskioldia borealis