Fox Hills (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Emmons County, North Dakota (46.5° N, 100.5° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 55.5° N, 58.2° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Linton Member (Fox Hills Formation), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: "channel"; lithified siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: D. J. Peppe, J. M. Erickson, and L. J. Hickey. 2007. Fossil Leaf Species from the Fox Hills Formation (Upper Creataceous: North Dakota, USA) and their Paleographic Significance. Journal of Paleontology 81(3):550-567 [N. Nagalingum/N. Nagalingum]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96781: authorized by Nathalie Nagalingum, entered by Nathalie Nagalingum on 30.06.2010

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Angiospermae
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
"Liriodendron" laramiense Ward 1885 magnolia
 Magnoliales - Annonaceae
 Rosids - Moraceae
"Artocarpus" lessigiana Knowlton mulberry
 Vitales - Vitaceae
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
"Juglans" arctica Heer 1882 walnut
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Rhamnus salicifolius Lesquereux 1868 buckthorn
 Proteales - Proteaceae
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanites marginata Lesquereux 1872
 Cornales - Cornaceae
aff. Cornus sp. Linnaeus 1753 dogwood
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
 Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Paloreodoxites plicatus Brown 1962 palm
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
Pistia corrugata Lesquereux 1874 water cabbage
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Marmarthia johnsonii Peppe et al. 2007 laurel
aff. Laurophyllum lanceolatum Newberry 1895 laurel
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia cf. obovata Knowlton 1916 coast redwood
Metasequoia sp. Miki 1941 dawn redwood
Glyptostrobus sp. Endlicher 1847 Chinese swamp cypress
Dalbergites
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Polypodiopsida
  - Osmundaceae
Osmunda hollicki Knowlton 1918
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales - Nilssoniaceae
Nilssoniocladus yukonensis Peppe et al. 2007 cycads