Puddledock (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Where: Virginia (37.3° N, 77.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 39.7° N, 25.4° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Patapsco Formation (Potomac Group), Early/Lower Albian to Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 105.3 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siltstone

• clays and siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, original carbon

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,

• Repository: Field Museum, Chicago

Primary reference: V. Srinivasan. 1995. Conifers from the PUddledock locality (Potomac Group, Early Cretaceous) in eastern North America. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 89:257-286 [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Fosdick]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31381: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 09.05.2003, edited by Hongshan Wang and Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Crudia grahamiana n. sp.2
Decussosporites
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cf. Decussosporites sp.1
cf. Decussosporites sp.1 Brenner 1963
Pollen grains found within Renbernia microsporangiophore
Renbernia zhoui
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Renbernia zhoui n. gen. n. sp.1
Renbernia zhoui n. gen. n. sp.1 Friis et al. 2022
PP57085 (holotype), PP44840
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Athrotaxis sp.
Athrotaxis sp. Don 1839 cypress
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Watsoniocladus valdensis, Watsoniocladus ramonensis, Watsoniocladus pseudoexpansum, Watsoniocladus obatae, Watsoniocladus virginiensis, Watsoniocladus florinii, Watsoniocladus sp., Pseudofrenelopsis nathorstiana
Watsoniocladus sp. Srinivasan 1995
1Friis et al. 2022; 2Herendeen and Dilcher 1990