Smithers Composite (Cretaceous of Canada)
Where: British Columbia, Canada (54.7° N, 127.3° W: paleocoordinates 52.2° N, 74.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shale and coal
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: W. A. Bell. 1956. Lower Cretaceous Floras of Western Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 285 (2528)1-153 [A. Rees/D. Sunderlin/D. Sunderlin]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 24854: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Dave Sunderlin on 21.08.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Polypodiopsida | |
Cladophlebis parva Fontaine 1889 | |
Coniopteris brevifolia scaly tree fern | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Gnetopsida | |
"Pityophyllum cf. nordenskioldi" = Pityophyllum nordenskioeldi
"Pityophyllum cf. nordenskioldi" = Pityophyllum nordenskioeldi Heer 1899 | |
Athrotaxites berryi n. sp.
Athrotaxites berryi n. sp. | |
Pinopsida | |
Elatides splendida n. sp.
Elatides splendida n. sp. yew | |
Sphenopteridae | |