Where: Alberta, Canada (51.8° N, 112.1° W: paleocoordinates 59.2° N, 76.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Horsehoe Canyon Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• "Horshoe Canyon Formation between coal seams 7 and 8"
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; mudstone and gray sandstone
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: permineralized, original carbon
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, peel or thin section, sieve,
Primary reference: R. Serbet and R. A. Stockey. 1991. Taxodiaceous pollen cones from the Upper Cretaceous (Horshoe Canyon Formation) of Drumheller, Alberta, Canada. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 70:67-76 [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Fosdick]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34814: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 01.10.2003, edited by Nathan Jud
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Equisetum sp. Linnaeus 1753 horsetail | |
Drumhellera kurmanniae n. gen. n. sp., Taxodioxylon sp.
Drumhellera kurmanniae n. gen. n. sp. Serbet and Stockey 1991 cypress
Taxodioxylon sp. Hartig 1848 cypress | |
Cycadopsida | |
Nilsonia sp. Brongniart 1825 cycads | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ginkgo sp. Linnaeus 1771 ginkgo |