Goodlands Member, Site WP9, P5065-3A: Danian, Canada
collected 2007

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Hazaria sheopiarii microspore
1 individual
informal Unidentified trilete spores spp. microspore
3 individuals
Sequoiapollenites sp. microspore
12 individuals
informal Unidentified inaperturate pollen spp. microspore
24 individuals
Betulaceoipollenites infrequens microspore
5 individuals
Kurtzipites trispissatus microspore
11 individuals
Ulmipollenites krempii microspore
12 individuals
Ulmipollenites tricostatus microspore
11 individuals
informal Unidentified tricolpate spp. microspore
18 individuals
informal Unidentified triporate spp. microspore
9 individuals
Bryopsida
Stereisporites ancoris microspore
1 individual
Stereisporites antiquasporites microspore Dettmann 1963
1 individual
Lycopodiopsida - Selaginellales
Foveosporites subtriangularis microspore Kemp 1970
5 individuals
unclassified
Cranwellia sp. microspore Srivastava 1966
1 individual
Polypodiopsida - Osmundaceae
Baculatisporites comaumensis microspore Potonie 1953
7 individuals
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites ovatus microspore Wilson and Webster 1946
17 individuals
Laevigatosporites haardti microspore Thomson and Pflug 1959
79 individuals
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniaceae
Gleicheniidites delicatus microspore Pocock 1970
3 individuals
Pteridopsida
Reticuloidosporites pseudomurii microspore
4 individuals
Cyathidites minor microspore Couper 1953
4 individuals
Magnoliopsida
Ulmoideipites hebridicus microspore
9 individuals
Tricolpites anguloluminosus microspore Anderson 1960
3 individuals
replaced by Albertipollenites anguloluminosus
Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxodiaceae
Cupressacites hiatipites microspore
74 individuals
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
Piceapollenites sp. microspore Potonié
4 individuals
Angiospermae - Proteales - Proteaceae
Triporopollenites plektosus microspore
1 individual
Triporopollenites sp. microspore Pflug and Thomson 1953
2 individuals
Angiospermae - Santalales - Loranthaceae
Syncolporites minimus microspore
126 individuals
Angiospermae - Gunnerales
Tricolpites sp. microspore Couper 1953
14 individuals
Angiospermae - Araceae
Pandaniidites typicus microspore Sweet 1986
4 individuals
Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae
Momipites wyomingenesis microspore
4 individuals
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnipollenites trina microspore
39 individuals
Alnipollenites verus microspore Potonie 1931
1 individual
Angiospermae
Monosulcites sp. microspore Cookson and Couper 1953
6 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Manitoba
Coordinates: 49.1° North, 100.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:54.0° North, 74.8° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:hand sample
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Danian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Danian
Age range of interval:66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Turtel Mountain Member:Goodlands
Local section:WP-9 Local bed:62 cm
Stratigraphy comments: Sample height in section estimated from Figure 4.
Sediments from the Goodlands Member were assigned to the early Palaeocene, and two biozones - lower Wodehouseia fimbriata and upper Tricolporopollenites kruschii - were identified (Braman and Sweet, 1999).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black,brown coal
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: 54 cm thick dark to brown to black lignitic coal.
Environment:mire/swamp
Geology comments: A forested mire with angiosperms grew in the vicinity during deposition. Warm-adapted plants flourished in a near-shore transient terrestrial swamp environment dominated by angiosperms and conifers, that was analogous to modern swamps of the southern United States. They were deposited in coastal environments as the Western Interior seaway retreated.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original sporopollenin
Size of fossils:microfossils
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some microfossils
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,hydroflouric,field collection
Collection size:515 individuals
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:GSC
Collection dates:September 2007
Collection method comments: Samples were processed at the palynology lab of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), Calgary, Alberta. Briefly, material was macerated and subjected to acid digestion to remove organic matter, carbonates and silicates. Resulting slurries were stained using Safranin ‘O’ and mounted with liquid bioplastic.
They are stored in collections at GSC, Calgary.
Taxonomic list comments:Non-pollen palynomorphs were not identified or counted.
Metadata
Database number:232095
Authorizer:P. Jardine Enterer:H. Morck
Research group:paleobotany
Created:2023-10-20 03:08:01 Last modified:2023-10-20 03:08:01
Access level:the public Released:2023-10-20 03:08:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
86127. N. U. Patel, D. R. Greenwood, C. L. Greenwood, J. M. Galloway, and M. Desautels. 2022. A reconstruction of the early Palaeocene palaeovegetation of Turtle Mountain, south-western Manitoba, Canada. Palynology 46(4):1-16 [P. Jardine/H. Morck]