Where: Wyoming (42.2° N, 106.4° W: paleocoordinates 48.1° N, 85.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Fort Union Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
• Fort Union, about 150 feet above base
Environment/lithology: fluvial; siliciclastic sediments
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• Specimens were collected by R.W. Brown and C.W. Mumm on July 8, 1938
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 57977: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 12.01.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
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"Sapindus affinis" = Averrhoites affinis
"Sapindus affinis" = Averrhoites affinis Newberry 1868 wood sorrel | |
Celtis aspera Manchester 2014 hackberry |