Where: Montana (45.2° N, 105.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 53.7° N, 70.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• Although not stated, this collection likely comes from the Fort Union Fm

Environment/lithology: fluvial; siliciclastic sediments

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Collected by R.W. Brown and M.W. Ellis; and R.P. Bryson on July 14, 1941; July 15, 1941

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 53959: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 19.09.2005

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