Fall River (10) (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Where: Crook County, Wyoming (44.6° N, 104.7° W: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 61.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fall River Sandstone Formation, Middle Albian to Middle Albian (109.0 - 99.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; poorly lithified sandstone

• Deposited as barrier bars

Preservation: adpression, original carbon

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: D. R. Crabtree. 1987. Angiosperms of the Northern Rocky Mountains: Albian to Campanian (Cretaceous) megafossil floras. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 74:707-747 [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Fosdick]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31186: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 19.04.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Angiospermae
 Malvales - Malvaceae
cf. Sterculia mucronata
cf. Sterculia mucronata Lesquereux 1891 tropical chestnut
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Sapindopsis sp.
Sapindopsis sp. Fontaine 1889 soapberry
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanophyllum sp.
Platanophyllum sp. Fontaine 1889