Five new species of angiosperm pollen described from three localities in south-central Minnesota support a Cenomanian age for the Dakota Formation in this area. The new taxa, Cupliferoidaepollenites microscabratus, Dryadopollis minnesotensis, Nyssapollenites microfoveolata, Phimopollenites striolata, and Tricolpites labeonis, are described using both light and scanning electron microscopy, are easily recognizable, and are useful age indicator species. Because of the extent and transgressive nature of the Dakota Formation, age determination has been difficult. The new angiosperm pollen species described here may help to support age determination for the Dakota Formation over a broader geographic area.
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1 December 2008
New Species of Angiosperm Pollen from the Dakota Formation (Cenomanian, Upper Cretaceous) of Minnesota, U.S.A
Shusheng Hu,
David M. Jarzen,
David L. Dilcher
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Palynology
Vol. 32 • No. 1
December 2008
Vol. 32 • No. 1
December 2008
angiosperm pollen
biostratigraphy
Cenomanian
Dakota Formation
Late Cretaceous
Paleoecology
taxonomy