2217 Osage rock (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Koiwa County, Kansas (37.5° N, 99.1° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 57.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Cheyenne Sandstone Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; massive sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by O.L. Cain in 1897

Primary reference: E. W. Berry. 1922. The flora of the Cheyenne Sandstone of Kansas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 129(1):199-231 [S. Wing/N. Jud]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 102714: authorized by Scott Wing, entered by Nathan Jud on 19.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Sapindopsis variabilis Fontaine 1889 soapberry
Sapindopsis magnifolia Fontaine 1889 soapberry
 Malvales - Malvaceae
Sterculia towneri tropical chestnut