Where: Alberta, Canada (54.8° N, 115.5° W: paleocoordinates 61.7° N, 90.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Paskapoo Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, brown siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by L. Russell in 1965
Primary reference: L. S. Russell. 1967. Palaeontology of the Swan Hills area, north-central Alberta. Life Science Contribution, Royal Ontario Museum 71:1-31 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 46089: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 03.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Glyptostrobus nordenskioldi Chinese swamp cypress
Metasequoia occidentalis Chaney 1951 dawn redwood |