Also known as Black Hills
Where: Wyoming (44.7° N, 104.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.0° 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
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, original carbon
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 32045: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 02.06.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Pinopsida | |
Nageiopsis longifolia Fontaine 1889 yew
Nageiopsis angustifolia Fontaine 1889 yew
Cephalotaxopsis magnifolia Fontaine 1889 yew | |
Pinus susquaensis Dawson 1882 pine | |
Polypodiopsida | |
"Thyrsopteris elliptica" = Onychiopsis goepperti
"Thyrsopteris elliptica" = Onychiopsis goepperti Schenk 1871 | |
"Baieropsis adiantifolia" = Acrostichopteris adiantifolia, "Baieropsis pluripartita" = Acrostichopteris pluripartita
"Baieropsis adiantifolia" = Acrostichopteris adiantifolia Fontaine 1889
"Baieropsis pluripartita" = Acrostichopteris pluripartita Fontaine 1889 | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Czekanowskia nervosa Heer 1881 |