USGS locality 5797, Trinidad coal field, S of Starkville, Raton Fm above conglom (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Colorado (37.1° N, 104.5° W: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 85.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Raton Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• about 200' above the conglomerate

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone and coal

• Raton Fm is made up of sandstones and coals.

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Collected in 1910, with W.T. Lee in charge.

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 52931: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 28.08.2005

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Taxonomic list

• 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.
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Angiospermae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Juglans berryana