USGS locality 8239, In north bluff of Little Missouri River, Fort Union (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Billings County, North Dakota (47.0° N, 103.0° W: paleocoordinates 52.1° N, 80.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Ludlow Member (Fort Union Formation), Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• "Lance, Ludlow Lignitic"

Environment/lithology: fluvial; coal

• Lignite

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Specimens were collected by T. W. Stanton, R. W. Brown, J. Murata on July 29, 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 58085: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 17.01.2006

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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
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus macneili, Quercus yulensis, Quercus sullyi
Quercus yulensis Brown 1962 oak
Quercus sullyi Newberry 1883 oak
 Garryales - Eucommiaceae
Eucommia serrata
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Thuja interrupta
Thuja interrupta Newberry 1868 cypress