Where: Wyoming (44.3° N, 105.2° W: paleocoordinates 49.9° N, 83.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Fort Union Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
• Lower part of Fort Union
Environment/lithology: fluvial; ferruginous sandstone
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• Specimens were collected by Brown on June 15, 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 57984: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 12.01.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Prunus corrugis plum |