Identification guide to the fossil plants of the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Drumheller, Alberta / Kevin R. Aulenback

Object Details

Author

Aulenback, Kevin R. 1960-

Contents

Introduction -- Purpose -- Geology of the Horseshoe Canyon Formation. Ash beds ; Coal seam or zone markers ; Palynology ; Palaeo-magnetostratigraphy -- Types of preservation and methods of study. Compression impressions ; Casts and moulds ; Petrification ; Carbonization ; Collecting specimens ; Cataloguing, preparation, and study of specimens ; Problems encountered with interpretation of fossil specimens ; Classification of fossil plants found in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation -- The history of fossil plant collecting in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Drumheller, Alberta -- Present status of the plant fossil record. Kingdom Protista ; Kingdom Myceteae ; Division Thallophyta ; Kingdom Plantae ; Division Hepatophyta ; Division Bryophyta ; Division Lycopodiophyta ; Division Sphenophyta ; Division Filicophyta ; Division Cycadophyta ; Division Ginkgophyta ; Division Coniferophyta ; Division Angiospermophyta -- Environmental reconstruction of the Horseshoe Canyon Formation based on the flora -- Environmental reconstruction of the Horseshoe Canyon Formation based on the fauna -- Food for though t: dinosaur/plant interactions -- Conclusion

2009

C2009

Cretaceous

Type

Identification

Guidebooks

Physical description

xx, 376 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.) ; 23 cm

Place

Alberta

Horseshoe Canyon Formation

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Plants, Fossil

Paleobotany

Palynology

Record ID

siris_sil_944165

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0