USGS locality 2416, Northeast of Glendive, MT, Fort Union Fm: Paleocene, Montana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales - Anemiaceae
Anemia elongata leaf (Newberry 1863)
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Glyptostrobus nordenskioldi
Taxodium olriki leaf
Angiospermae - Typhales - Sparganiaceae
Sparganium antiquum leaf Berry 1924
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Laurophyllum perseanum leaf Brown 1962
Lindera obtusata leaf Brown 1962
Angiospermae - Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus nobilis leaf Newberry 1868
? Credneria daturaefolia leaf Ward 1885
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum articum leaf
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Hamamelites inaequalis leaf Brown 1962
Angiospermae - Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa alata leaf
Angiospermae - Garryales - Eucommiaceae
Eucommia serrata leaf
Angiospermae - Arecaceae
Sabal grayana leaf Lesquereux 1869
Angiospermae - Oxalidales - Oxalidaceae
Sapindus affinis leaf Newberry 1868
recombined as Averrhoites affinis
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Corylus insignis leaf, seed/fruit Heer 1871
nut
Angiospermae - Malvales - Sterculiaceae
Pterospermites cordatus leaf Ward 1885
recombined as Penosphyllum cordatum
Angiospermae - Moraceae
Ficus artocarpoides leaf Lesquereux 1883
Ginkgoopsida - Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Ginkgo adiantoides leaf, seed/fruit (Unger 1845)
original and current combination Salisburia adiantoides
seeds, leaves
Bivalvia - Actinodontida - Cycloconchidae
Viburnum tilioides seed/fruit Ward 1885
seed
    = Davidia antiqua Manchester 2002
Manchester 2002
Viburnum antiquum leaf (Newberry 1868)
    = Davidia antiqua Manchester 2002
Manchester 2002
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Montana
Coordinates: 47.1° North, 104.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:52.5° North, 81.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Paleocene
Age range of interval:66.00000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fort Union
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: fossils come from the lower, middle, and upper Fort Union
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: carbonaceous "shale"
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collection method comments: Specimens were collected by Lester F. Ward, August 9-12, 1883
Taxonomic list comments: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.
Metadata
Also known as:USGS locality 2416, USGS locality 2426, and USGS locality 8196
Database number:40094
Authorizer:P. Wilf Enterer:J. Sessa
Modifier:J. Sessa Research group:paleobotany
Created:2004-06-17 12:24:37 Last modified:2004-06-21 15:00:15
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-17 12:24:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10820. 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]

Secondary references:

18265 S. R. Manchester. 2002. Leaves and fruits of Davidia (Cornales) from the Paleocene of North America. Systematic Botany 27:368-382 [P. Wilf/J. Sessa/M. Uhen]