P3652 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Lance Formation, Wyoming

Where: Niobrara County, Wyoming (43.1° N, 104.5° W: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 69.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cretaceous Formation, Late/Upper Cretaceous (100.5 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

• "grayish-buff, hard, fine-grained sandstone"...26 feet above..."friable, coarse, buff sandstone"

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: E. Dorf. 1942. Upper Cretaceous floras of the Rocky Mountain region; Flora of the Lance Formation at its type locality, Niobrara County, Wyoming. Contributions to Palaeontology [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Fosdick]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34973: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 21.10.2003

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Taxonomic list

Dombeyopsis
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Dombeyopsis trivialis Lesquereux 1872
Angiospermae
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
? Apeibopsis discolor Lesquereux 1872
 Fagales - Fagaceae
? Quercus viburnifolia Lesquereux 1878 oak
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis stantoni, "Viburnum marginatum" = Cissus marginata
Vitis stantoni grapevine
"Viburnum marginatum" = Cissus marginata Lesquereux 1872
 Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
Viburnum montanum Knowlton 1900 honeysuckle
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
 Dilleniales - Dilleniaceae
 Proteales - Platanaceae
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia dakotensis coast redwood