USGS locality 8552, 3 miles west of Marsh, near Coulin Station on N.P. Railroad: Paleocene, Montana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Angiospermae
- Garryales
- Eucommiaceae
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Eucommia serrata leaf
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Angiospermae
- Vitales
- Vitaceae
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Ampelopsis acerifolia leaf
(Newberry 1868)
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| synonym of Populus newberryi | |||||||
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Angiospermae
- Moraceae
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Ficus artocarpoides leaf
Lesquereux 1883
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Angiospermae
- Rosales
- Rosaceae
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Prunus perita leaf
Brown 1962
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Prunus careyhurstia leaf
Brown 1962
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Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Fagaceae
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Quercus sullyi leaf
Newberry 1883
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Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Betulaceae
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Corylus insignis
Heer 1871
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Coniferales
- Cupressaceae
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Glyptostrobus nordenskioldi leaf
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana |
| Coordinates: | 46.9° North, 104.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 52.4° North, 82.2° 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: | Fort Union | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: although not specified, this collection likely comes from the Fort Union fm |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| 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 by R. W. Brown, F. S. MacNeill, Dan Yri on Aug. 3, 1936 | |
| 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: | 53846 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wilf | Enterer: | J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2005-09-14 19:45:57 | Last modified: | 2005-09-14 22:45:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-09-14 19:45:56 |
| 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] |