Azolla primaeva locality (Oligocene of Canada)

Also known as Azolla primaeva locality, Stump Lake and the Princeton Coal Fields

Where: British Columbia, Canada (49.0° N, 120.0° W: paleocoordinates 50.4° N, 113.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Allenby Formation, Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology:

• colored shales which are products of weathered volcanic ash

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: surface (in situ), chemical,

Primary reference: C. A. Arnold. 1955. A Tertiary Azolla from British Columbia. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 12(4):37-45 [R. Lupia/T. Naeher/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31673: authorized by Rick Lupia, entered by Tiffany Naeher on 22.05.2003, edited by Karl Volkman

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer sp. Linnaeus 1753 maple
fruits
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Carpinus grandis Unger 1845 hornbeam
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia sp. Endlicher 1847 coast redwood
? Glyptostrobus sp. Endlicher 1847 Chinese swamp cypress
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus trunculus n. sp. Dawson 1888 pine
Polypodiopsida
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae
Azolla primaeva Arnold 1955
Acerites negundifolium
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"Acerites negundifolium n. sp." = Acer negundifolium
"Acerites negundifolium n. sp." = Acer negundifolium Dawson 1890