P3854 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Lance Formation, Wyoming

Where: Niobrara County, Wyoming (43.1° N, 104.6° W: paleocoordinates 49.6° N, 79.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Lance Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, gray, calcareous siltstone

• "lens of dark-gray, hard, calcareous siltstone"

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: E. Dorf. 1942. Upper Cretaceous floras of the Rocky Mountain region; Flora of the Lance Formation at its type locality, Niobrara County, Wyoming. Contributions to Palaeontology [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Fosdick]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34922: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 19.10.2003

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Taxonomic list

Polypodiopsida
  - Blechnaceae
Woodwardia ? crenata Knowlton 1900
Palaeoaster
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Angiospermae
 Proteales - Platanaceae
 Lamiales - Oleaceae
 Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
Viburnum montanum Knowlton 1900 honeysuckle
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Trapaceae
Trapa ? microphylla Lesquereux 1875 water caltrop
Angiospermae
 Rosids - Moraceae
Ficus ? trinervis Knowlton 1900 fig
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
 Fagales - Nothofagaceae
Dryophyllum subfalcatum Lesquereux 1875
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus ? viburnifolia Lesquereux 1878 oak
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
 Piperales - Aristolochiaceae
Carpites
  -
Carpites sp. Schimper 1874
Dombeyopsis
  -
Phyllites
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Phyllites sp. Brongniart 1822