Where: Wyoming (43.0° N, 104.8° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 51.5° N, 71.1° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Fort Union? Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
• Above 2 coal beds, and 85 feet below top of hill. This collection has no other stratigraphic information; I am tentatively placing it in the Fort Union Fm because it is close (10km) to Fort Union localities.
Environment/lithology: fluvial; siliciclastic sediments
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• Specimens were collected by Sec. 3, T 35N, R 66W.
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 57986: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 12.01.2006
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Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Ampelopsis acerifolia Newberry 1868 | |
Celtis aspera Manchester 2014 hackberry | |
Paleonelumbo macroloba Knowlton 1930 water lily
Paranymphaea crassifolia Newberry 1935 water lily | |
Sabal powelli palm | |
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Dicotyledoneae | |
Trapa angulata Brown 1962 water caltrop |