Minnekahta Station (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Black Hills, South Dakota

Where: South Dakota (43.4° N, 103.7° W: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 59.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Cretaceous Formation, Cretaceous (145.0 - 66.0 Ma)

• Due to the 19th century date of publication, the "Cretaceous Formation" is the highest stratigraphic resolution for this collection.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine

• "Massive sandstone, ocher-yellow, weathering yellowish brown on the surface, [overlying] gray and drab-colored clay shales, with local thin coals. Plant remains.""

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: L.F. Ward. 1899. The Cretaceous formation of the Black Hills as as indicated by the fossil plants. Cretaceous Formation of the Black Hills [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/B. Tiffney]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32034: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 01.06.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Polypodiopsida
  - Gleicheniaceae
Gleichenia Zippei
Gleichenia Zippei Smith 1793
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Asplenium Dicksonianum
Asplenium Dicksonianum Linnaeus 1753
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales - Cycadaceae
Glossozamites Fontaineanus n. sp.
Glossozamites Fontaineanus n. sp. Schimper 1870 cycads