Wilson Creek conifer (Cretaceous of the United States)

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

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Taxonomic list

Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pityostrobus californiensis n. sp. Smith and Stockey 2001
seed cone