Comox Coalfield 3768 (Cretaceous to of Canada)
Where: British Columbia, Canada (49.8° N, 125.0° W: paleocoordinates 55.5° N, 91.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Comox Formation (Nanaimo Group), Coniacian to Coniacian (89.8 - 72.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: W. A. Bell. 1957. Flora of the Upper Cretaceous Nanaimo Group of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 293:1-84 [D. Royer/D. Royer/D. Royer]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35189: authorized by Dana Royer, entered by Dana Royer on 18.11.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Equisetopsida | |
Dombeyopsis | |
Asplenites | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Cycadopsida | |
Pseudoctenis latipennis cycads | |
Angiospermae | |
Cupanites crenularis soapberry
Sapindus pacificus soapnut | |
? Bauhinia gigantea Newberry 1895 legume | |
Artocarpus occidentalis mulberry | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Sapotacites sp. Ettingshausen 1853 | |
Combretum cf. leve bushwillow | |
Angiospermae | |
Liriodendron succedens Dawson 1893 magnolia | |
"Calycithes sp." = Calycites
"Calycithes sp." = Calycites Massalongo 1856 daisy | |
Viburnum insigne honeysuckle | |
Platanus affinis plane tree | |
Sparganium sp. Linnaeus 1753 bur-reed | |
Glyptostrobus comoxensis Chinese swamp cypress
Metasequoia cuneata dawn redwood
Thuites corpulentus cypress | |
Pinopsida | |
Amentotaxus cf. campbelli catkin-yew | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Dicotylophyllum sp. Saporta 1894 | |
Dewalquea | |
Dewalquea sp. Saporta and Marion 1873 |