USGS localities 8516 & 8528, 1 mile east of Dana filling station, Ferris Fm (Paleocene of the United States)

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

• coordinate based on political unit

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 R. W. Brown and F. S. MacNeill on Sept. 10, 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 57969: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 12.01.2006

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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
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Cissus marginata
Cissus marginata Lesquereux 1872
 Rosids - Moraceae
Ficus artocarpoides, Ficus subtruncata, Ficus planicostata
Ficus artocarpoides Lesquereux 1883 fig
Ficus subtruncata Lesquereux 1872 fig
Ficus planicostata Lesquereux 1872 fig
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa borealis
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Laurophyllum caudatum, Lindera obtusata
Laurophyllum caudatum Brown 1962 laurel
Lindera obtusata Brown 1962 laurel