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15961-1CUI, Ottawa County, Kansas, USA
Mindat.org Locality Page | Ottawa County, Kansas, USA |
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Lat/Long (Decimal) | 39.1219,-97.7061 |
Co-ordinates Derivation | based on political unit |
Given Location | Kansas, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Ottawa County, Kansas, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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15752-1BGI | Kovach W. L., Dilcher D. L. (1988) | Dakota | These fossils were recovered from the upper part of the Dakota Formation, Central Kansas, U.S.A. | 100.5 - 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
15961-1CUI | Kovach W. L., Dilcher D. L. (1988) | Dakota | These fossils were recovered from the upper part of the Dakota Formation, Central Kansas, U.S.A. | 100.5 - 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Plantae kingdom | Plantae | 100.5 - 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Paxillitriletes sp. genus | Paxillitriletes | 100.5 - 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Spermatites sp. genus | Spermatites | 100.5 - 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Spermatophyta phylum | Plantae : Spermatophyta | 100.5 - 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Ariadnaesporites sp. genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Salviniales : Salviniaceae : Ariadnaesporites | 100.5 - 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Kovach W. L., Dilcher D. L. (1988) Megaspores and other dispersed plant remains from the Dakota Formation (Cenomanian) of Kansas, U.S.A., Palynology 12, 89-119 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!