IU15706: Early Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian, Kansas
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Barton |
| Coordinates: | 38.5° North, 98.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.1° North, 55.9° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Early Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.5 - 93.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Dakota | Member: | Janssen Clay |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown,gray claystone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 121756 | ||
| Authorizer: | S. Wing | Enterer: | N. Jud |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2011-12-11 15:01:16 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-12-11 15:01:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38787. | D. L. Dilcher and W. L. Kovach. 1986. Early Angiosperm Reproduction: Caloda delevoryana gen. et sp. nov., A New Fructification from the Dakota formation (Cenomanian) of Kansas. American Journal of Botany 73(8):1230-1237 [S. Wing/N. Jud] |