Niobrara Formation Equivalent (Cretaceous to of the United States)

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

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Taxonomic list

Lycopodiopsida
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