Where: Alberta, Canada (54.3° N, 118.8° W: paleocoordinates 62.3° N, 92.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Paskapoo Formation, Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 61.7 Ma)
• Previously assigned Wapiti Formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: pond; gray siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression, permineralized, original carbon
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
Primary reference: D. C. Christophel. 1976. Fossil floras of the Smoky Tower locality, Alberta, Canada. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 157(1-4):1-43 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 10670: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Jonathan Allen on 10.06.2001, edited by Hallie Sims
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Polypodiopsida | |
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Glyptostrobus nordenskioeldii Chinese swamp cypress |