Belvidere: Albian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
informal Isolated cone informal type 1 fertile axis
informal Isolated cone informal type 2 fertile axis
informal Isolated cone scale informal type 3 non-seed repro
informal Pinnately lobed leaf informal sp. leaf
informal Round apex leaf informal sp. leaf
informal Perianth part informal type 1 flower
informal Perianth part informal type 2 flower
informal Infructescence informal head-like fertile axis
informal Seed informal round seed/fruit
Bennettitales
Cycadeospermum lineatum seed/fruit Lesquereux 1891
Bennettitales - Bennettitaceae
Cycadeoidea munita Cragin 1889
Coniferales
Cupressinoxylon cheyennense wood Penhallow 1900
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia condita multi organs Lesquereux 1875
Coniferales
Abietites ernestinae Lesquereux 1874
Pinopsida
Feistmantelia oblonga Ward 1899
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus longifolius leaf
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae
Araliopsoides cretacea leaf (Newberry 1863)
Angiospermae - Ceratophyllales - Ceratophyllaceae
Ceratophyllum sp. seed/fruit, leaf Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Apiales - Araliaceae
Aralia polymorpha leaf Newberry 1895
? Aralia ravniana leaf Heer 1882
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Sassafras mudgli leaf
Angiospermae
Carpolithus belviderensis seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Sapindopsis informal type A leaf
Sapindopsis informal type B leaf
Sapindopsis belviderensis leaf
Sapindopsis brevifolia leaf Fontaine 1889
Angiospermae - Malvales - Malvaceae
? Sterculia towneri leaf
Sterculia mucronata leaf Lesquereux 1891
Angiospermae - Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitiphyllum sp. leaf Nathorst 1888
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae
Onychiopsis psilotoides leaf (Stokes and Webb 1824)
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Aspleniaceae
Asplenium dicksonianum leaf Heer 1874
Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales - Schizaeaceae
Ruffordia cf. goepperti leaf (Dunker 1844)
original and current combination Cheilanthites goepperti
Polypodiopsida
Cladophlebis dakotensis leaf
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniaceae
Gleichenia nordenskioldi leaf
? Gleichenia bohemica leaf
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Kiowa
Coordinates: 37.5° North, 99.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.1° North, 57.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Albian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 4
*Period:Cretaceous - Cretaceous *Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous - Early/Lower Cretaceous
*International age/stage:Albian - Albian
Key time interval:Albian
Age range of interval:113.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cheyenne Sandstone
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown lithified mudstone
Secondary lithology:brown lithified "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Dark brown mudstone, siltstone and shale....
Environment:"floodplain"
Geology comments: "southeastward-flowing streams in an alluvial-plain and esturaine environment"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,original carbon
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Feeding/predation traces:arthropod mining
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Recollection in same area as Cheyenne Formation collections by E. W. Berry, 1922. The Flora of the Cheyenne Sandstone of Kansas. U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper #129: 199-224.
Metadata
Also known as:Cheyenne Sandstone, Belvidere
Database number:29018
Authorizer:B. Tiffney Enterer:B. Tiffney
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-03-13 13:59:48 Last modified:2021-10-13 10:28:07
Access level:the public Released:2003-03-13 13:59:48
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
8358. Q. C. Huang and D. L. Dilcher. 1994. Evolutionary and Paleoecological Implications of Fossil Plants from the Lower Cretaceous Cheyenne Sandstone of the Western Interior. Geological Society of America Special Paper 287:129-144 [B. Tiffney/B. Tiffney/M. Uhen]