USGS locality 6767, 1/4 mile west of National Forest Reserve in Brachett Creek: Paleocene, Montana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ginkgoopsida - Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Ginkgo adiantoides (Unger 1845)
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Persea brossiana (Lesquereux 1878)
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Angiospermae - Vitales - Vitaceae
Ampelopsis acerifolia leaf (Newberry 1868)
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Montana
Coordinates: 45.8° North, 110.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:55.7° North, 76.2° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Paleocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 1
Key time interval: Paleocene
Age range of interval: 66 - 56 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Livingston
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "siliciclastic"
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 E.W. Berry, T.W. Stanton, F.H. Knowlton in 1913
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
Database number:55856
Authorizer:P. Wilf Enterer:J. Sessa
Research group:paleobotany
Created:2005-11-06 18:36:29 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2005-11-06 18:36:28
Creative Commons license:CC0
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]