Great Falls Locality 10: Late Aptian, Montana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
- Equisetaceae
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Equisetum cascadensis n. sp. axis, leaf
Lapasha and Miller 1985
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Polypodiopsida
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Cladophlebis oerstedi leaf
Seward 1927
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Cladophlebis oblongifolia leaf
Fontaine 1889
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Fontaine | ||||||||||
Polypodiopsida
- Cyatheales
- Cyatheaceae
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Coniopteris hymenophylloides fertile axis, leaf
(Brongniart 1828)
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Polypodiopsida
- Schizaeales
- Schizaeaceae
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Acrostichopteris longipennis leaf
Fontaine 1889
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Fontaine | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Spermatophyta informal Cuticle type D cuticle
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Bennettitales
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Pseudocycas douglasii leaf
Lapasha and Miller 1985
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Zamites arcticus leaf
Göppert 1863
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Goeppert | ||||||||||
Schizeaceae
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Klukia canadensis axis, leaf
Bell 1956
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Bell | ||||||||||
Ginkgoopsida
- Ginkgoales
- Ginkgoaceae
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Ginkgo pluripartita leaf
Heer 1876
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Ginkgoopsida
- Caytoniales
- Caytoniaceae
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Sagenopteris mclearni leaf, cuticle
Berry 1929
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Sagenopteris williamsii leaf, cuticle
Bell 1956
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Sagenopteris elliptica leaf, cuticle
Fontaine 1889
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Fontaine | ||||||||||
Hepaticae
- Marchantiales
- Marchantiaceae
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Marchantiolites blairmorensis multi organs
Brown and Robison 1976
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(Berry) Brown and Robison, bryophyte w/ thallus and rhizoids | ||||||||||
Jungermanniopsida
- Jungermanniales
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Diettertia montanensis axis, leaf
Brown and Robison 1974
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Brown and Robison | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana | County: | Cascade |
Coordinates: | 47.5° North, 111.4° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 47.7° North, 60.1° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 2-3 | ||
*Period: | Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||
*International age/stage: | Middle Aptian - Late/Upper Aptian | ||
Key time interval: | Late Aptian | ||
Age range of interval: | 119.5 - 113 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Kootenai |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "shale" |
Secondary lithology: | lenticular sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | original carbon |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 21136 | ||
Authorizer: | H. Sims | Enterer: | H. Lindon |
Modifier: | H. Sims | Research group: | paleobotany |
Created: | 2002-06-18 08:38:35 | Last modified: | 2014-02-26 19:56:40 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-06-18 08:38:35 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
6475. | C. A. Lapasha and C. N. Miller. 1985. Flora of the Early Cretaceous Kootenai Formation in Montana, Bryophytes and Tracheophytes Excluding Conifers. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 196:111-145 [H. Sims/H. Lindon/J. Alroy] |