Also known as Scollard Localities 1, 2, &18, Collection on the high banks of the Red Deer River, about 5 miles west of Scollard hamlet (Edmonton)
Where: Alberta, Canada (51.9° N, 112.8° W: paleocoordinates 59.6° N, 84.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Scollard Formation (Edmonton Group), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• The span of the time of the deposition of the Upper Edmonton Member is dated circa 67 to 63 million years.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: original sporopollenin
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: S. K. Srivastava. 1966. Upper Cretaceous microflora (Maestrichtian) from Scollard, Alberta, Canada. Pollen et Spores 8(3):497-552 [R. Lupia/T. Naeher/T. Naeher]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 32522: authorized by Rick Lupia, entered by Tiffany Naeher on 08.07.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Ghoshispora scollardiana n. gen. n. sp., Foveolatisporites sp., Sequoiapollenites papillapollenites, Carpinipites ancipites n. gen., Juglanspollenites sp., Accuratipollis evanidus, Wodehouseia spinata, cf. Orbiculapollis sp., Wodehouseia stanleyi n. sp.
Ghoshispora scollardiana n. gen. n. sp. | |
Pilosisporites | |
Pilosisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Polycingulatisporites | |
Polycingulatisporites cf. densatus Playford and Dettmann 1965 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Laevigatosporites albertensis, Laevigatosporites sp., Laevigatosporites ovatus, Laevigatosporites discordatus
Laevigatosporites sp. Ibrahim 1933
Laevigatosporites ovatus Wilson and Webster 1946
Laevigatosporites discordatus Thomson and Pflug 1953 | |
| |
Azolla cretacea microspore found along with the massula, massula wall, and glochidium of A. cretacea
| |
Polypodiisporites favus Potonie 1956 | |
Undulatisporites cf. undulapolus Brenner 1963 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Todisporites minor, Cyathidites concavus, Cyathidites punctatus, Cyathidites minor, Deltoidospora sp., Lygodioisporites verrucosus n. sp., Marattisporites rousei n. sp., Osmundacidites wellmanii
Todisporites minor Couper 1953
Cyathidites concavus Dettmann 1963
Cyathidites punctatus Delcourt et al. 1963
Cyathidites minor Couper 1953
Deltoidospora sp. Miner 1935
Lygodioisporites verrucosus n. sp. Deak 1962
Marattisporites rousei n. sp.
Osmundacidites wellmanii Couper 1953 | |
Cingutriletes | |
Cingutriletes clavus Dettmann 1963 | |
Bryopsida | |
Stereisporites stereoides Pflug 1953 | |
Angiospermae | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Tetracolpites reticulatus n. sp.
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Dicotyledoneae | |
| |
| |
| |
Angiospermae | |
| |
Magnoliopsida | |
| |
Pinopsida | |
| |
| |
Parvisaccites sp. Couper 1958 podocarp
Podocarpidites multesimus Pocock 1962 podocarp
Podocarpidites ellipticus Cookson 1947 podocarp | |
Alisporites | |
Alisporites grandis Dettmann 1963 | |
Cedripites | |
| |
Gymnospermopsida | |
| |
Equisetopsida | |
Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947 | |
Inaperturopollenites dubius Thomson and Pflug 1953 | |
Cranwellia striata n. gen., Cranwellia rumseyensis n. sp., Cranwellia edmontonensis n. sp., Aquilapollenites amplus, Aquilapollenites polaris, Aquilapollenites spinulosus, Aquilapollenites attenuatus, Aquilapollenites sp., Aquilapollenites funkhouseri n. sp., Aquilapollenites macgregori n. sp., Aquilapollenites conatus, Aquilapollenites psilatus n. sp., Aquilapollenites minutus n. sp.
Cranwellia rumseyensis n. sp. | |
Fraxinoipollenites | |
Fraxinoipollenites staplini n. sp.
| |
Translucentipollis plicatilis | |
| |
Cycadopites | |
Cycadopites carpentieri Singh 1964
Cycadopites follicularis Wilson and Webster 1946 | |
Acanthotriletes | |
Acanthotriletes varispinosus Pocock 1962 closely resembles the spores of certain recent species of Selaginella
| |
Lycopodiopsida | |
| |
Ceratosporites cf. equalis Cookson and Dettmann 1958 clubmoss | |
Schizosporis | |
Schizosporis sp. Cookson and Dettmann 1959 | |
Schizosporis rugulatus | |
Schizosporis cf. rugulatus Cookson and Dettmann 1959 | |
Quercoidites | |
Quercoidites sternbergi n. sp.
| |
Salixipollenites trochuensis | |
"Salixipollenites trochuensis n. sp." = Rutihesperipites trochuensis
"Salixipollenites trochuensis n. sp." = Rutihesperipites trochuensis Srivastava 1966 tricolpate pollen
|