USGS locality 5830, Ute Bank, on road to Panel Park, coal in Puerco Fm: Paleocene, New Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Angiospermae
- Laurales
- Lauraceae
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Laurophyllum perseanum leaf
Brown 1962
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| palm leaf palmicarpon | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico |
| Coordinates: | 36.6° North, 105.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.3° North, 85.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Paleocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Puerco(?) | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: In upper coal formation - from USGS unpublished logbook. It is not specified what formation this collection comes from, it is likely the Nacimiento Fm. Brown originally called this the Nacimiento Group and the Puerco Fm. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: Puerco Fm is composed of variegated clays and sands. | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Collection method comments: Collected in 1910, with W.T. Lee in charge. | |
| Taxonomic list comments: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. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 52949 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wilf | Enterer: | J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2005-08-29 10:01:54 | Last modified: | 2005-08-29 20:49:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-08-29 10:01:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10820. | 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] |