Hell Creek Formation - Plants

Plants

Plants of the Hell Creek Formation
Genus Species Presence Description Images

Metasequoia

Indeterminate

 Casts of Dawn Redwood seed cones are known from the Hell Creek.

Cobbania

C. corrugata

A prehistoric species of water lettuce, previously assigned to the genus Pistia.

Araucaria

A. araucana

Casts of Monkey-puzzle leaves are found in Hell Creek.

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