Where: North Dakota (47.4° N, 103.3° W: paleocoordinates 52.6° N, 80.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Fort Union 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, T. W. Stanton, J. Murata on June 28, 1931
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 58046: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 16.01.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Davidia antiqua Manchester 2002 clam | |
Angiospermae | |
Sparganium antiquum Berry 1924 bur-reed |