Also known as USGS locality 436
Where: Montana (45.2° N, 109.3° W: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 87.6° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Fort Union Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
• upper Fort Union
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; gray shale and sandstone
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• 'Reserved for the Weed Collection, Red Lodge.' From USGS unpublished log book.
•'Specimens were collected by W. H. Weed, in 1891.'
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 40082: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 16.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Quercus sullyi Newberry 1883 oak |