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KJ86142 , Custer County, Montana, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)	46.3156,-104.96
Co-ordinates Derivation	stated in text
Given Location	North Dakota, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Custer County, Montana, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
KJ86142 (DMNH 1852)	Johnson K. R. (2002)	Hell Creek	-75m to Hell Creek-Fort Union contact datum, -75m to K-T boundary based on calculations in Johnson (2002)	sandstone	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Leepierceia preartocarpoides species	Leepierceia : *Leepierceia preartocarpoides*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Metasequoia occidentalis species	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Cupressaceae : Metasequoia : *Metasequoia occidentalis*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Magnoliopsida class	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Celastrus sp. genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Celastrales : Celastraceae : *Celastrus*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dryophyllum sp. genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Fagales : Juglandaceae : *Dryophyllum*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cinnamomum sp. genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Laurales : Lauraceae : *Cinnamomum*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Magnoliid unranked clade	Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Magnoliid	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Platanaceae family	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Proteales : Platanaceae	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cercidiphyllum sp. genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Saxifragales : Cercidiphyllaceae : *Cercidiphyllum*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Trochodendroides sp. genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Trochodendrales : Trochodendraceae : *Trochodendroides*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Trochodendrales order	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Trochodendrales	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Johnson K. R. (2002) Megaflora of the Hell Creek and lower Fort Union Formations in the western Dakotas: Vegetational response to climate change, the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary event, and rapid marine transgression, The Hell Creek Formation and the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in the northern Great Plains: An integrated continental record of the end of the Cretaceous. 361, 329-391

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!

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