USGS locality 6971, Middle Perc cut, 5 miles east of Hanna WY, Ferris Fm (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Hanna Quadrangle County, Wyoming (41.8° N, 106.6° W: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 85.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Ferris Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; siliciclastic sediments

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Specimens were collected by T.W. Stanton, C.F. Bowen on July 9, 1915.

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 57967: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 12.01.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

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.
Bivalvia
 Actinodontida - Cycloconchidae
Davidia antiqua Manchester 2002 clam
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Glyptostrobus nordenskioldi Chinese swamp cypress
Angiospermae
 Garryales - Eucommiaceae
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus raynoldsi Newberry 1868 plane tree
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Lindera obtusata Brown 1962 laurel
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
"Carya antiquorum" = Hicoria antiquora
"Carya antiquorum" = Hicoria antiquora Newberry 1868
 Rosids - Moraceae
Ficus artocarpoides Lesquereux 1883 fig