Bank near Brooke (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Where: Virginia (38.4° N, 77.4° W: paleocoordinates 31.7° N, 36.1° W)

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When: Subzone II-B zone, Patapsco Formation (Potomac Group), Early/Lower Albian to Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 105.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: adpression, charcoalification, original carbon, original sporopollenin

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), sieve,

Primary reference: P. R. Crane, K. R. Pedersen, E. M. Friis and A. N. Drinnan. 1993. Early Cretaceous (Early to Middle Albian) platanoid inflorescences associated with Sapindopsis leaves from the Potomac Group of eastern North America. Syst Bot 18:328-344 [H. Wang/H. Wang/H. Wang]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28407: authorized by Hongshan Wang, entered by Hongshan Wang on 12.02.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Sapindopsis sp. Fontaine 1889 soapberry
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Aquia brookensis n. gen. n. sp. Crane et al. 1993
Platanocarpus brookensis n. sp. Crane et al. 1993