Where: South Dakota (45.9° N, 101.6° W: paleocoordinates 50.9° N, 79.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Fort Union Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• Upper part of Lower Lance, shale lies between two thin lignite seams.

Environment/lithology: fluvial; shale

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Specimens were collected by R. W. Brown, J. Murata on July 10, 1931

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 58039: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 16.01.2006

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