RCA300-305 (Cretaceous to of Canada)

Also known as Research Council of Alberta core 65-1, depth 300-305 feet

Where: Alberta, Canada (53.1° N, 113.8° W: paleocoordinates 60.6° N, 86.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Scollard Formation (Edmonton Group), Late/Upper Maastrichtian to Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 61.7 Ma)

• Uppermost Maastrichtian to lower Paleocene.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: core, chemical, sieve,

• The specimens figured in the paper have slide and collection number information. They also have more detailed locality information. Azollopsis spinata: AS-RCA300-305-S-0-1, GSC 30875.

Primary reference: A.R. Sweet and L.V. Hills. 1974. A detailed study of the genus Azollopsis. Canadian Journal of Botany 52:1625-1642 [R. Lupia/B. Wilborn/B. Wilborn]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34295: authorized by Rick Lupia, entered by Brooke Wilborn on 26.08.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Polypodiopsida
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae