Great Falls Locality 22 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Cascade County, Montana (47.5° N, 111.4° W: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 60.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kootenai Formation, Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: C. A. Lapasha and C. N. Miller. 1985. Flora of the Early Cretaceous Kootenai Formation in Montana, Bryophytes and Tracheophytes Excluding Conifers. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 196:111-145 [H. Sims/H. Lindon/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21154: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 19.06.2002

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Dictyothykalos sp.
major reticulum of threads forming net-like sac
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris latiloba Fontaine 1889
Fontaine
unclassified
  -
 Bennettitales -
Pseudocycas douglasii n. sp. Lapasha and Miller 1985
Zamites arcticus Göppert 1863
Goeppert
Lycopodiopsida
 Isoetales -
Minerisporites "sp. B" Potonie 1956 clubmoss
Jungermanniopsida
 Jungermanniales - Jungermaniidae
Diettertia montanensis Brown and Robison 1974
Brown and Robison
Hepaticae
 Marchantiales - Marchantiaceae
Marchantiolites blairmorensis Brown and Robison 1976 liverwort
(Berry) Brown and Robison, bryophyte w/ thallus and rhizoids
Polypodiopsida
  -
Cladophlebis inclinata Fontaine 1889
Fontaine
Cladophlebis constricta Fontaine 1889
Fontaine
Cladophlebis oblongifolia Fontaine 1889
Fontaine
Ginkgoopsida
 Caytoniales - Caytoniaceae
Sagenopteris williamsii Bell 1956
(Newberry) Bell