Paper Shale Flora (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Montana (45.2° N, 112.2° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 51.4° N, 97.9° W (Wright 2013)

When: Renova Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; mudstone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the YPM

Primary reference: L. S. Antonietto, L. E. Park Boush, R. E. Plotnick and A. L. Stigall. 2020. Paleoecological aspects of western United States nonmarine ostracods during the Eocene-Oligocene transition: the early Oligocene faunas of the Renova Formation, southwestern Montana. Palaios 35(3):165-174 [L. Park Boush/L. Park Boush]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 211244: authorized by Lisa Park Boush, entered by Christine Hall on 26.06.2020

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Candonidae
Candona sp. Baird 1845 ostracod
 Podocopida - Notodromadidae
Cyprois sp. Zenker 1854 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cyprididae
Eucypris sp. Vavra 1891 ostracod