Comox Coalfield 3038: Coniacian - Campanian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Dewalquea cf. trifoliata leaf Newberry 1895
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Cinnamomum trinervis leaf
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Zizyphus cretaceus leaf
original and current combination Ziziphus
Zizyphus neillii leaf
original and current combination Ziziphus
Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae
Leguminosites probalsamifera leaf
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Koelreuteria prenigricans leaf
Bennettitales
Zamites sp. leaf Brongniart 1828
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:British Columbia
Coordinates: 49.8° North, 125.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:55.5° North, 91.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Key time interval:Coniacian - Campanian
Age range of interval:89.80000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Nanaimo Formation:Comox
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:35186
Authorizer:D. Royer Enterer:D. Royer
Modifier:D. Royer Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-11-18 08:41:50 Last modified:2006-09-15 17:00:51
Access level:the public Released:2003-11-18 08:41:50
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9471. 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]