A Flora from the Dakota sandstone formation near Westwater, Grand County, Utah

A cretaceous (Cenomanian) flora from the Dakota Sandstone Formation near Westwater, Grand County, Utah contains an admixture of ferns and angiosperms. The ferns of this flora are representative of an older Jurassic-Wealden vegetational type, whereas the angiosperms are typical of the modern vegetati...

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Main Author:	Rushforth, Samuel R.
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Published:	BYU ScholarsArchive 1970
Subjects:	Botany Utah Grand County
Online Access:	https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/7972 https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8972&context=etd

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spelling	ndltd-BGMYU2-oai-scholarsarchive.byu.edu-etd-89722020-07-15T07:09:31Z A Flora from the Dakota sandstone formation near Westwater, Grand County, Utah Rushforth, Samuel R. A cretaceous (Cenomanian) flora from the Dakota Sandstone Formation near Westwater, Grand County, Utah contains an admixture of ferns and angiosperms. The ferns of this flora are representative of an older Jurassic-Wealden vegetational type, whereas the angiosperms are typical of the modern vegetational type. Species of Gleichenia and Matonidium and Astralopteris coloradica represent the dominant forms in this flora. The Westwater flora contains fourteen genera including nineteen species and one variety. New species described from this flora include Asplenium dakotensis, Coniopteris westwaterensis and Ilex serrata. 1970-08-20T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/7972 https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8972&context=etd http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/ Theses and Dissertations BYU ScholarsArchive Botany Utah Grand County
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spellingShingle	Botany Utah Grand County Rushforth, Samuel R. A Flora from the Dakota sandstone formation near Westwater, Grand County, Utah
description	A cretaceous (Cenomanian) flora from the Dakota Sandstone Formation near Westwater, Grand County, Utah contains an admixture of ferns and angiosperms. The ferns of this flora are representative of an older Jurassic-Wealden vegetational type, whereas the angiosperms are typical of the modern vegetational type. Species of Gleichenia and Matonidium and Astralopteris coloradica represent the dominant forms in this flora. The Westwater flora contains fourteen genera including nineteen species and one variety. New species described from this flora include Asplenium dakotensis, Coniopteris westwaterensis and Ilex serrata.
author	Rushforth, Samuel R.
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title	A Flora from the Dakota sandstone formation near Westwater, Grand County, Utah
title_short	A Flora from the Dakota sandstone formation near Westwater, Grand County, Utah
title_full	A Flora from the Dakota sandstone formation near Westwater, Grand County, Utah
title_fullStr	A Flora from the Dakota sandstone formation near Westwater, Grand County, Utah
title_full_unstemmed	A Flora from the Dakota sandstone formation near Westwater, Grand County, Utah
title_sort	flora from the dakota sandstone formation near westwater, grand county, utah
publisher	BYU ScholarsArchive
publishDate	1970
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A Flora from the Dakota sandstone formation near Westwater, Grand County, Utah

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