Where: California (40.4° N, 122.7° W: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 73.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Chickabally Member (Budden Canyon Formation), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• upper part of member
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; mudstone
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: permineralized, replaced with calcite
Reposited in the CAS
Primary reference: S. Y. Smith and R. A. Stockey. 2001. A new species of Pityostrobus (Pinaceae) from the Lower Cretaceous of California and its bearing on the evolution of Pinaceae. International Journal of Plant Sciences 162(3):669-681 [S. Wing/N. Jud]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 125178: authorized by Scott Wing, entered by Nathan Jud on 06.03.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Pinopsida | |
Pityostrobus californiensis n. sp.
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