Where: Mexico (27.9° N, 101.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.2° N, 76.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Olmos Formation, Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coarse channel fill; sandstone
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: permineralized
Primary reference: E. Estrada-Ruiz, H. I. MartĂnez-Cabrera, and S. R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz. 2010. Upper Cretaceous woods from the Olmos Formation (late Campanian–early Maastrichtian), Coahuila, Mexico. American Journal of Botany 97(7):1179-1194 [S. Wing/N. Jud]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 116348: authorized by Scott Wing, entered by Nathan Jud on 07.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Magnoliopsida | |
Metcalfeoxylon indet. Wheeler et al. 1995 | |
Angiospermae | |
Muzquizoxylon porrasii n. gen. n. sp.
Muzquizoxylon porrasii n. gen. n. sp. | |
Javelinoxylon indet. Wheeler et al. 1994 | |
Olmosoxylon upchurchii n. gen. n. sp.
Olmosoxylon upchurchii n. gen. n. sp. |