Puddledock locality (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Where: Prince George County, Virginia (37.3° N, 77.4° W: paleocoordinates 30.6° N, 36.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Sub zone IIB of Brenner zone, Patapsco Formation (Potomac Group), Early/Lower Albian to Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 105.3 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology:

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: charcoalification

Collection methods: chemical, mechanical, sieve,

Primary reference: E. M. Friis, K. R. Pedersen, and P. R. Crane. 1995. Appomattoxia ancistrophora gen. et sp. nov., a new Early Cretaceous plant with similarities to Circaeaster and extant Magnoliidae. American Journal of Botany 82(7):933-943 [H. Wang/M. Arakaki/M. Arakaki]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31672: authorized by Hongshan Wang, entered by Monica Arakaki on 21.05.2003, edited by Hongshan Wang

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Taxonomic list

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 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Athrotaxis cf. ungeri2
Athrotaxis cf. ungeri2 Florin 1940 cypress
Angiospermae
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Appomatoxia ancistrophora n. gen. n. sp.
 Laurales - Calycanthaceae
Virginianthus calycanthoides n. gen. n. sp.1
Virginianthus calycanthoides n. gen. n. sp.1 Friis et al. 1994
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Pseudofrenelopsis nathorstiana n. sp.2, Watsoniocladus virginiensis n. gen. n. sp.2, Watsoniocladus florinii n. sp.2, Watsoniocladus ramonensis2, Watsoniocladus valdensis2, Watsoniocladus pseudoexpansum2, Watsoniocladus obatae2, Watsoniocladus sp.2
Watsoniocladus virginiensis n. gen. n. sp.2
Watsoniocladus sp.2 Srinivasan 1995
1Friis et al. 1994; 2Srinivasan 1995