P3855 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Lance Formation, Wyoming

Where: Niobrara County, Wyoming (43.1° N, 104.6° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 53.6° N, 66.0° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Lance Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (72.2 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; siltstone

• "dull-gray, thinly bedded silstone"

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: E. Dorf. 1942. Upper Cretaceous floras of the Rocky Mountain region; Flora of the Lance Formation at its type locality, Niobrara County, Wyoming. Contributions to Palaeontology [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Fosdick]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34967: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 21.10.2003

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Taxonomic list

Phyllites
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Phyllites sp. Brongniart 1822
Carpites
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Angiospermae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis stantoni grapevine
Cissus ? lobato-crenata Linnaeus 1753
"Viburnum marginatum" = Cissus marginata Lesquereux 1872
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus ? viburnifolia Lesquereux 1878 oak
 Fagales - Nothofagaceae
Dryophyllum subfalcatum Lesquereux 1875
 Magnoliales - Annonaceae
Anona ? robusta Lesquereux 1883 custard apple
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
"Magnoliophyllum cordatum" = Magnoliphyllum
"Magnoliophyllum cordatum" = Magnoliphyllum magnolia
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Trapaceae
Trapa ? microphylla Lesquereux 1875 water caltrop
Angiospermae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
 Proteales - Platanaceae