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A. floodplain variegated clays overlain by oxbow lake (channel fill) deposit, which is then overlain by a thick channel sandstone sequence.
B. Continuation to the left of image A, showing deepening oxbow lake (abandoned channel), filled first with clays, then muds, and finally with crevasse splay sandstones from a nearby river channel.
C. Close up of clay and mud layers beneath crevasse splay sandstones, where Sanmiguelia, Pelourdea, and ferns were found growing in situ.
D. Close up of excavation from which specimens of Axelrodia, Tidwellii, Archaestrobilus, and Cladophlebis were recovered.