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: terrestrial

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 32048: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 02.06.2003

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