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 32046: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 02.06.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Equisetopsida | |
Araucarites cuneatus n. sp.
Araucarites cuneatus n. sp. Ward 1899 | |
Zamites borealis Heer 1873
Zamites brevipennis Heer 1899 | |
Angiospermae | |
Carpolithus barrensis n. sp.
Carpolithus barrensis n. sp. Ward 1899 |