Also known as Black Hills
Where: Crook County, Wyoming (44.7° N, 104.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 53.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Cretaceous Formation, Early/Lower Cretaceous (145.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• Due to its late 19th century date of publication, the "Cretaceous Formation" is the highest stratigraphic resolution for this collection.
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine
Size class: macrofossils
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: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34837: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 06.10.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Pinopsida | |
"Glyptostrobus brookensis" = Widdringtonites ramosus
"Glyptostrobus brookensis" = Widdringtonites ramosus Fontaine 1889 | |
Cephalotaxopsis magnifolia, Sphenolepidium Kurrianum, "Athrotaxopsis tenuicaulis" = Athrotaxopsis grandis, Geinitzia Jenneyi n. sp.
Cephalotaxopsis magnifolia Fontaine 1889 yew
Sphenolepidium Kurrianum Heer 1881 yew
"Athrotaxopsis tenuicaulis" = Athrotaxopsis grandis Fontaine 1889 yew
Geinitzia Jenneyi n. sp. Endlicher 1847 yew | |
Pinus susquaensis Dawson 1882 pine | |
"Sphenolepidium parceramosum" = Sphenolepis kurriana
"Sphenolepidium parceramosum" = Sphenolepis kurriana Dunker 1846 | |
Feistmantelia oblonga n. gen. n. sp.
Feistmantelia oblonga n. gen. n. sp. Ward 1899 | |
Sequoia Reichenbachi Endlicher 1847 coast redwood
Sequoia gracilia coast redwood | |
Angiospermae | |
Quercophyllum wyomingense n. sp.
Quercophyllum wyomingense n. sp. Fontaine 1899 | |
Carpolithus virginiensis Fontaine 1889 | |
Pteropsida | |
Pecopteris Geyleriana Brongniart 1822 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Matonidium Althausii Schenk 1871 | |
"Baieropsis pluripartita" = Acrostichopteris pluripartita
"Baieropsis pluripartita" = Acrostichopteris pluripartita Fontaine 1889 | |
"Equisetum virginicum" = Equisetum burchardti
"Equisetum virginicum" = Equisetum burchardti Dunker 1846 horsetail | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Leptostrobus longifolius Berry 1911
Leptostrobus alatus n. sp. Ward 1899 |