Where: Wyoming (45.0° N, 110.7° W: paleocoordinates 52.5° N, 85.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Laramie Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: F. H. Knowlton. 1899. Fossil Flora of the Yellowstone National Park. USGS Monograph Series 32(2) [H. Sims/H. Lindon/H. Lindon]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35576: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Jason Cassara on 29.12.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
"Myrica ? bolanderi" = Morella bolanderi
"Myrica ? bolanderi" = Morella bolanderi Lesquereux 1878 | |
Quercus ellisiana Lesquereux 1872 oak | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Andromeda grayana Heer 1865 bog-rosemary | |
Angiospermae | |
Phragmites falcata Knowlton 1899 common reed | |
Fraxinus denticulata Heer 1868 ash | |
Malapoenna ? weediana Knowlton 1898 laurel | |
Sequoia reichenbachi Heer 1868 coast redwood |