Where: British Columbia, Canada (55.7° N, 121.2° W: paleocoordinates 58.3° N, 74.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Dunvegan Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, original carbon
Reposited in the GSC
Collection methods: bulk,
• For further modifications, refer to 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
Primary reference: W. A. Bell. 1962. Upper Cretaceous floras of the Dunvegan, Bad Heart, and Milk River Formations of Western Canada. Geological Survey of Canada 94:1-76 [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Fosdick]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 31888: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 27.05.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Protophyllum multinerve | |
Protophyllum ? multinerve Lesquereux 1871 | |
Pseudoprotophyllum | |
Angiospermae | |
Menispermites reniformis Dawson 1882 | |
Laurophyllum flexuosum laurel | |
Magnolia magnifica Dawson 1882 magnolia |