Where: Wyoming (41.3° N, 111.0° W: paleocoordinates 48.0° N, 90.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Evanston Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
• 50 feet below coal
Environment/lithology: fluvial; siliciclastic sediments
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• Specimens were collected by F.H. Knowlton and A.C. Peale, August 8, 1909.
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 43309: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 11.08.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Laurus socialis Lesquereux 1878 laurel | |
Cercidiphyllum arcticum katsura |