Where: Alberta, Canada (55.9° N, 118.5° W: paleocoordinates 57.9° N, 71.4° 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
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Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, original carbon
Reposited in the GSC
Collection methods: bulk,
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 31911: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 28.05.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Menispermites reniformis Dawson 1882 | |
Castaliites cf. cordatus water lily |