Belvidere is a fossil collection site in Kiowa, Kansas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Cheyenne Sandstone, dated to the Albian (113.2–100.5 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as floodplain. Documented finds include Cladophlebis, Asplenium dicksonianum, Gleichenia, Onychiopsis psilotoides, Ruffordia goepperti, Cycadeoidea munita.

Geologic setting

Formation: Cheyenne Sandstone
Geologic interval: Albian
Age: 113.2–100.5 Ma
Depositional environment: "floodplain"
Recorded occurrences: 36

Geology notes

"southeastward-flowing streams in an alluvial-plain and esturaine environment"

Locality notes

NE 1/4 sec.6 T30S, R16W, North Bank of Thompson Branch near the convergence of Thompson Branch and Thompson Creek, about 3.2 km (2 mi) northwest of Belvidere, Kiowa County, Kansas

Fossils found here

Cladophlebis

Polypodiopsida · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Asplenium dicksonianum

Polypodiopsida · Aspleniaceae

Gleichenia

Polypodiopsida · Gleicheniaceae

Onychiopsis psilotoides

Polypodiopsida · Polypodiaceae

Ruffordia goepperti

Polypodiopsida · Schizaeaceae

Cycadeoidea munita

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Bennettitaceae

Cycadeospermum lineatum

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Sequoia condita

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Cupressaceae

Cupressinoxylon cheyennense

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Abietites ernestinae

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Pinus

Pinopsida · Pinaceae

Ceratophyllum

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Ceratophyllaceae

Sterculia

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Malvaceae

Sterculia mucronata

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Malvaceae

Sassafras

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Lauraceae

Aralia ravniana

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Araliaceae

Aralia polymorpha

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Araliaceae

Araliopsoides cretacea

Dicotyledoneae · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Sapindopsis

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Sapindaceae

Sapindopsis brevifolia

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Sapindaceae

Vitiphyllum

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Vitaceae

Feistmantelia oblonga

Pinopsida · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Carpolithus

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 29018 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Belvidere

Can you collect at Belvidere?

It depends on who owns the land and whether a mining claim covers it. BLM land usually allows hand collecting for personal use, national parks allow none, and private land needs the owner’s permission. Pro members see the owner and any claims at this spot.

What minerals are found at Belvidere?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 18.4 kg iron meteorite was found at Coldwater (iron) in 1923, 19 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.