Puddledock (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Tarmac Lone Star Industries sand & gravel pit

Where: Prince George County, Virginia (38.0° N, 79.8° W: paleocoordinates 32.5° N, 32.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Early/Lower Cretaceous (145.0 - 100.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: sieve

Primary reference: M. von Balthazar, K. R. Pedersen, P. R. Crane, M. Stampanoni, and E. M. Friis. 2007. Potomacanthus Lobatus Gen. Et Sp. Nov, A New Flower of Probable Lauraceae from the Early Cretaeous (Early To Middle Albian) of Eastern North America. American Journal of Botany 94(12):2041-2053 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 106469: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 18.03.2011

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Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Potomacanthus lobatus von Balthazar et al. 2007 laurel
gen. et sp. nov.