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Animas, Colorado, USA

Formation	Animas
Age:	66.0 - 56.0 Ma Paleocene
Interval	Cretaceous
Lithology	conglomerate/coal, "siliciclastic", conglomerate, sandstone
Number of Collections	15
Number of Occurrences	42

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
USGS locality 4050	La Plata County, Colorado, USA	Animas
USGS locality 5455	Archuleta County, Colorado, USA	Animas
USGS locality 5456	La Plata County, Colorado, USA	Animas
USGS locality 5460	La Plata County, Colorado, USA	Animas
USGS locality 7463	La Plata County, Colorado, USA	Animas
USGS locality 7498	Archuleta County, Colorado, USA	Animas
Pine-Piedras River divide	Archuleta County, Colorado, USA	Animas

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Plantae kingdom	1	Plantae	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Allantodiopsis erosa species	7	Allantodiopsis : *Allantodiopsis erosa*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Artocarpus lessigiana species	7	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Moraceae : Artocarpus : *Artocarpus lessigiana*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Lastrea goldiana species	7	Lastrea : *Lastrea goldiana*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Lindera obtusata species	7	Lindera : *Lindera obtusata*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Myrtophyllum torreyi species	7	Myrtophyllum : *Myrtophyllum torreyi*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Sabal grayana species	7	Sabal : *Sabal grayana*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Castanea intermedia species	7	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Fagales : Fagaceae : Castanea : *Castanea intermedia*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Juglans sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Fagales : Juglandaceae : *Juglans*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Laurus socialis species	7	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Laurales : Lauraceae : Laurus : *Laurus socialis*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Persea brossiana species	7	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Laurales : Lauraceae : Persea : *Persea brossiana*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Magnolia sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Magnoliales : Magnoliaceae : *Magnolia*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Nelumbium tenuifolium species	7	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Proteales : Nelumbonaceae : Nelumbium : *Nelumbium tenuifolium*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Platanus raynoldsi species	7	Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Proteales : Platanaceae : Platanus : *Platanus raynoldsi*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Rhamnus sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Rhamnaceae : *Rhamnus*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Zizyphus sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Rhamnaceae : *Zizyphus*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Cissus sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Vitales : Vitaceae : *Cissus*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Vitis sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Vitales : Vitaceae : *Vitis*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Prunus sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Rosaceae : *Prunus*	145 - 66 Ma Cretaceous
Phyllites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : *Phyllites*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Ficus sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Moraceae : *Ficus*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Dinosauria order	4	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Davidia antiqua species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Cycloconchidae : Actinodonta : *Davidia antiqua*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Ficus (Ficus) sp. subgenus	6.3	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Ficidae : Ficus : *Ficus (Ficus)*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Anemia sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Schizaeales : Anemiaceae : *Anemia*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene

References

Reeside, Jr. J. B. (1924) Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary formations of the western part of the San Juan Basin of Colorado and New Mexico, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 134, 1-70

Brown R. W. (1962) Paleocene flora of the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 375, 1-119

Manchester S. R. (2002) Leaves and fruits of Davidia (Cornales) from the Paleocene of North America, Systematic Botany 27, 368-382

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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