P3857 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Lance Formation, Wyoming

Where: Niobrara County, Wyoming (43.2° N, 104.6° W: paleocoordinates 49.6° N, 79.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Lance Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; siltstone

• "dull-gray silstone"

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 34969: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 21.10.2003

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Taxonomic list

Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Ginkgo ? adiantoides Unger 1845 ginkgo
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia dakotensis coast redwood
Angiospermae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
 Lamiales - Oleaceae
 Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
Viburnum montanum Knowlton 1900 honeysuckle
 Proteales - Platanaceae
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperacites sp. Schimper 1870 sedge
 Poales - Typhaceae
Typha sp. Linnaeus 1753 bulrush
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
"Magnoliophyllum cordatum" = Magnoliphyllum
"Magnoliophyllum cordatum" = Magnoliphyllum magnolia
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
? Quercus viburnifolia Lesquereux 1878 oak
 Fagales - Nothofagaceae
Dryophyllum subfalcatum Lesquereux 1875
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis stantoni, "Viburnum marginatum" = Cissus marginata
Vitis stantoni grapevine
"Viburnum marginatum" = Cissus marginata Lesquereux 1872
Dombeyopsis
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Dombeyopsis trivialis Lesquereux 1872