Genesee fossil plant locality (Paleocene of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (53.4° N, 113.9° W: paleocoordinates 60.7° N, 86.6° W)

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When: Scollard Formation, Puercan (66.0 - 63.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; mudstone

• The Azolla plants are preserved flat in well-cemented mudstone and are noteworthy for having attached megaspore complexes and microspore-bearing bodies.

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: adpression, original sporopollenin

Collection methods: salvage,

• Woodwardia arctica (Heer) Brown, Fokienia catenulata (Bell) Brown, Spirodela scutata Dawson, and Platanus raynoldsii Newberry, along with other stratigraphically long-ranging genera such as Metasequoia and Cercidiphyllum are also present at this locality and used for biostratigraphy.

Primary reference: A.R. Sweet and A. Chandrasekharam. 1973. Vegetative remains of Azolla schopfii Dijkstra from Genesee, Alberta. Canadian Journal of Botany 51:1491-1496 [R. Lupia/B. Wilborn/B. Wilborn]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34026: authorized by Rick Lupia, entered by Brooke Wilborn on 12.08.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Polypodiopsida
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae
Azolla schopfii
Azolla schopfii Dijkstra 1961