Where: British Columbia, Canada (59.0° N, 118.3° W: paleocoordinates 60.6° N, 68.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Dunvegan Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, original carbon
Reposited in the GSC
Collection methods: bulk,
• For futher modifications, refer to D.R. Crabtree. 1987. Angiosperms of the Northern Rocky Mountain: Albian to Campanian (Cretaceous) megafossil floras. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 74:707-747
Primary reference: W. A. Bell. 1962. Upper Cretaceous floras of the Dunvegan, Bad Heart, and Milk River Formations of Western Canada. Geological Survey of Canada 94:1-76 [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Fosdick]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35005: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 24.10.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Angiospermae | |
Liriodendron giganteum Lesquereux 1868 magnolia | |
Ficus daphnogenoides Heer 1866 fig | |
"Platanus latiloba" = Sassafras latilobum
"Platanus latiloba" = Sassafras latilobum Newberry 1868 sassafras | |
Castaliites cf. Cordatus Hollick 1930 water lily |