Where: McKinley County, New Mexico (35.9° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 76.1° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Scaphites depressus ammonoid zone, Dalton Sandstone Formation, Late/Upper Coniacian (89.3 - 85.8 Ma)
• lower part of Dalton Sandstone, upper Scaphites depressus zone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Primary reference: I. Walaszczyk and W. A. Cobban. 2006. Palaeontology and stratigraphy of the Middle-Upper Coniacian and Santonian inoceramids of the US Western Interior. Acta Geologica Polonica 56(3):241-348 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 100152: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.11.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Inoceramus robertsoni Walaszczyk and Cobban 2006 clam |