Coalmont Formation
The Coalmont Formation is a geologic formation that outcrops in the North [Park (Colorado basin)|North Park intermountain basin] in Colorado. It contains fossil plants and coal layers dating back to the Paleogene period.
Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:Insects
- Calandrites hindsi
- ?Calandrites ursorum
- ?Carabites arapahoensis
- Curculio beeklyi
- ''Ophryastites hendersoni''
Flora
- Allantodiopsis erosa
- Ampelopsis acerifolia
- Betula stevensoni
- Carya antiquorum
- Cercidiphyllum arcticum
- Cissus marginata
- Eucommia serrata
- Fraxinus eocenica
- Glyptostrobus nordenskioldi
- Hydromystria expansa
- Lastrea goldiana
- Laurophyllum perseanum
- Laurus socialis
- Lygodium coloradense
- Metasequoia occidentalis
- Mimosites coloradensis
- Nordenskioldia borealis
- Persea brossiana
- Platanus nobilis
- P. raynoldsi
- Prunus corrugis
- Pterocarya hispida
- Quercus greenlandica
- Q. sullyi
- ?Robinia wardi
- Sassafras thermale
- ''Sparganium antiquum''
Wasatchian correlations