Also known as Black Hills
Where: Crook County, 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 32047: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 02.06.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Equisetopsida | |
Araucarites wyomingensis n. sp.
Araucarites wyomingensis n. sp. Fontaine 1899 | |
Sphenopteridae | |
Sphenopteris plurinervia Heer 1881 | |
Angiospermae | |
Carpolithus fasciculatus Fontaine 1889 | |
? Williamsonia phoenicopsoides n. sp. Ward 1899 | |
Sequoia sp. Endlicher 1847 coast redwood | |
Pinopsida | |
Cephalotaxopsis magnifolia Fontaine 1889 yew
Nageiopsis longifolia Fontaine 1889 yew | |
Scleropteris | |
Scleropteris distantifolia n. sp., Scleropteris rotundifolia n. sp.
Scleropteris distantifolia n. sp. Fontaine 1899
Scleropteris rotundifolia n. sp. Fontaine 1899 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Cladophlebis parva Fontaine 1889 | |
"Thyrsopteris brevipennis" = Onychiopsis latiloba, "Thyrsopteris pinnatifida" = Onychiopsis goepperti, "Thyrsopteris elliptica" = Onychiopsis goepperti, "Thyrsopteris crassinervis" = Onychiopsis nervosa
"Thyrsopteris brevipennis" = Onychiopsis latiloba Fontaine 1889
"Thyrsopteris pinnatifida" = Onychiopsis goepperti Schenk 1871
"Thyrsopteris elliptica" = Onychiopsis goepperti Schenk 1871
"Thyrsopteris crassinervis" = Onychiopsis nervosa Fontaine 1889 | |
"Baieropsis adiantifolia" = Acrostichopteris adiantifolia
"Baieropsis adiantifolia" = Acrostichopteris adiantifolia Fontaine 1889 |