KJ0142 (2613) CENSUS (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Jardin des Plants, KJ0142

Where: Bowman County, North Dakota (46.0° N, 103.0° W: paleocoordinates 52.0° N, 76.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: FUI zone, Ludlow Member (Fort Union Formation), Lancian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• m to Hell Creek-Fort Union contact datum, m to K-T boundary based on calculations in Johnson (2002)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; poorly lithified, carbonaceous shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

• Specimens located at Denver Museum of Nature & Science

Primary reference: K. R. Johnson. 2002. Megaflora of the Hell Creek and lower Fort Union Formations in the western Dakotas: Vegetational response to climate change, the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary event, and rapid marine transgression. The Hell Creek Formation and the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in the northern Great Plains: An integrated continental record of the end of the Cretaceous. 361:329-391 [S. Wing/S. Wing/K. Johnson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 48268: authorized by Kirk Johnson, entered by Kirk Johnson on 15.03.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Lycopsida
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Pteridopsida
 Filicales -
Angiospermae
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Paranymphaea crassifolia Newberry 1935 water lily
(Newberry) Berry; FU1
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
Porosia verrucosa Lesquereux 1878
HC12
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Amesoneuron "FU37" Göppert 1852 palm
Hickey and Read; FU37
 Cornales - Cornaceae
Cornophyllum newberryi
(Hollick) McIver and Basinger; FU31
 Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
Cocculus flabella Wolfe 1966
FU43
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanaceae "FU91" Lestiboudois 1826
FU91
Platanus raynoldsii Newberry 1868 plane tree
FU16
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus nebrascensis Newberry 1868 poplar
FU7
 Malvales - Sterculiaceae
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"Dicotyledonae "FU104"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "FU105"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "FU106"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "FU107"" = Dicotyledoneae, "Dicotyledonae "FU108"" = Dicotyledoneae
"Dicotyledonae "FU104"" = Dicotyledoneae
FU104
"Dicotyledonae "FU105"" = Dicotyledoneae
FU105
"Dicotyledonae "FU106"" = Dicotyledoneae
FU106
"Dicotyledonae "FU107"" = Dicotyledoneae
FU107
"Dicotyledonae "FU108"" = Dicotyledoneae
FU108
 Arales - Lemnaceae
Limnobiophyllum scutatum Dawson 1875 duckweed
(Dawson) Krassilov; FU38
Magnoliopsida
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Dicotylophyllum anomalum Ward 1887
FU29
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Metasequoia occidentalis Chaney 1951 dawn redwood
FU3
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress
FU4