Pinus susquaensis

Pinus susquaensis is an Early Cretaceous pine species known from Western North America, and was first described from fossils collected along the Suskwa River in north Central British Columbia. It is one of the oldest pine species in North America besides Pinus longifolius.

Pinus susquaensis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PinusPBDB
Diet
"photoautotroph"PBDB, for Streptophyta

Time the record covers

At most 78 million years on record.

Every occurrence read is dated to somewhere between 143.1 Mya and 66 Mya, and nothing in the dating separates them, so that window is what the record shows rather than a span.

Late Jurassic — about 0 of 4 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 3 of 4 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 1 of 4 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 0 of 4 occurrences145–142 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences142–139 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences139–137 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences137–134 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences134–131 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences131–129 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences129–126 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences126–123 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences123–121 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences121–118 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences118–115 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences115–113 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences113–110 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences110–107 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences107–105 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences105–102 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences102–99 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences99–97 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences97–94 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences94–91 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences91–89 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences89–86 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences86–83 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences83–80 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences80–78 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences78–75 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences75–72 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences72–70 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences70–67 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences67–64 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences145 Mya64 Mya

4 occurrences of Pinus susquaensis on record, most of them in the Early Cretaceous. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

4 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

1 formation

Cretaceous — 44.65°N, 104.22°W

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The named rock units Pinus susquaensis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.

Pinus susquaensis and its relatives

Early Cretaceous

Where Pinus susquaensis and its relatives were recorded in the Early Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

The Paleobiology Database records no fossil sites for Pinus susquaensis, so there is nothing to compare it with.

Entered from

1 reference

Each of the 4 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. Each entry links to the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Pinus susquaensis

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iDigBio
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CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Pinus susquaensis was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itPinus through timeFormations of the Early CretaceousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Dawson 1882