Genesee (Paleocene of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (53.3° N, 114.4° W: paleocoordinates 60.2° N, 89.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Chandrasekharam. 1974. Megafossil flora from the Genesee Locality, Alberta, Canada. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 147:1-41 [D. Royer/D. Royer/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34887: authorized by Dana Royer, entered by Dana Royer on 09.10.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Glyptostrobus nordenskioldi, Taxodium dubium, Metasequoia occidentalis, Fokienia catenulata
Glyptostrobus nordenskioldi Chinese swamp cypress
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Metasequoia occidentalis Chaney 1951 dawn redwood
Fokienia catenulata Fujian cypress
Angiospermae
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum genesevianum n. sp., Cercidiphyllum flexuosum, Cercidiphyllum cuneatum, Cercidiphyllum sp.
Cercidiphyllum sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1846 katsura
 Trochodendrales - Trochodendraceae
Nordenskioldia borealis
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus raynoldsii
Platanus raynoldsii Newberry 1868 plane tree
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis sp., Ampelopsis acerifolia
Vitis sp. Linnaeus 1753 grapevine
Ampelopsis acerifolia Newberry 1868
 Huerteales - Tapisciaceae
Tapiscia serrata
Pteridopsida
 Ophioglossales - Ophioglossidae
Botrychium sp.
Botrychium sp. Swartz 1800
Polypodiopsida
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Woodwardia arctica
Woodwardia arctica Brown 1962
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae
Azolla schopfii
Azolla schopfii Dijkstra 1961