Paysaten Group (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as Divisions B and C

Where: British Columbia, Canada (49.0° N, 121.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 55.2° N, 72.1° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pasayten Group, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• Collections from divisions B and C

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; pebbly sandstone and argillaceous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,

• Composite of collections by Rice (1947) and Daly (1905)

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 24892: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Dave Sunderlin on 22.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

Ginkgoopsida
 Caytoniales - Caytoniaceae
Sagenopteris elliptica Fontaine 1889
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Onychiopsis psilotoides Stokes and Webb 1824
  - Gleicheniaceae
  -
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
 Bennettitales -
Magnoliopsida
  -
Angiospermae
 Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
 Apiales - Araliaceae
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus sp. Linnaeus 1753 plane tree
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Dicotyledoneae
 Papaverales - Capparidaceae
? Capparites sp. Berry 1919 caper
Antholithes
  -
Antholithes sp. Brongniart 1822