Christensen Ranch Florule site 32 ORR (Oligocene to of the United States)

Where: Beaverhead County, Montana (45.2° N, 113.1° W: paleocoordinates 46.1° N, 108.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Oligocene to Oligocene (33.9 - 5.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: H. F. Becker. 1969. Fossil Plants of the Tertiary Beaverhead Basins in Southwestern Montana. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 127:1-142 [H. Sims/H. Lindon/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23972: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 25.07.2002, edited by Summer Ostrowski

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus wheeleri Cockerell 1908 pine
Pinus florissanti Lesquereux 1883 pine
Picea magna spruce
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Sequoia affinis Lesquereux 1876 coast redwood
Angiospermae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus dayana Knowlton 1902 oak
Quercus simulata Knowlton 1898 oak
Quercus convexa Lesquereux 1878 oak
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Betula thor Knowlton 1926 birch
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Canavalia eocenica Berry 1916 jack-beans
Leucaena californica Axelrod 1939 legume
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus balsamoides Göppert 1855 poplar
Salix truckeana Chaney 1944 willow
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Rosa hilliae Lesquereux 1883 rose
Cercocarpus antiquus Lesquereux 1878 rose
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer scottiae MacGinitie 1933 maple
Acer glabroides Brown 1937 maple
Acer bolanderi Lesquereux 1878 maple
Acer minor Knowlton 1902 maple
Acer oregonianum Knowlton 1902 maple
 Sapindales - Rutaceae
 Sapindales - Meliaceae
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Angiospermae
 Poales - Typhaceae
Typha lesquereuxi Cockerell 1908 bulrush
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
 Ranunculales - Berberidaceae
Mahonia simplex barberry
Mahonia lobodonta Becker 1959 barberry
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus dissecta Lesquereux 1878 plane tree
"Acer bendirei" = Platanus bendirei Lesquereux 1888 plane tree