Also known as USGS paleobotany loc No.: D4766
Where: Teton County, Wyoming (43.9° N, 110.5° W: paleocoordinates 48.7° N, 74.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Niobrara Formation, Santonian to Santonian (86.3 - 86.3 Ma)
• Upper part of the Niobrara Formation of Wyoming, Santonian-Coniacian.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deltaic
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: original sporopollenin
Reposited in the USGS
Primary reference: R. H. Tschudy. 1976. Stratigraphic Distribution of Species of the Megaspore Genus Minerisporites in North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 743-E:E1-E11 [R. Lupia/B. Wilborn/B. Wilborn]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 33436: authorized by Rick Lupia, entered by Brooke Wilborn on 29.07.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Lycopodiopsida | |
Minerisporites pseudorichardsonii clubmoss
Minerisporites sp. A Potonie 1956 clubmoss |