ammonites
FG-41 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Wyoming (44.7° N, 108.4° W: paleocoordinates 50.0° N, 89.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fort Union Formation, Cf2 (56.8 - 55.8 Ma)

• Cf-2

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the UMMP

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: W. C. Clyde. 1997. Stratigraphy and mammalian paleontology of the McCullough Peaks, northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: Implications for biochronology, basin development, and community reorganization across the Paleocene-Eocene boundary. PhD Thesis, University of Michigan [W. Clyde/W. Clyde/J. Alroy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46651: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by Will Clyde on 24.01.2005