Where: Kane County, Utah (37.2° N, 111.3° W: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 78.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Straight Cliffs Formation, Late/Upper Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)
• 12 m below top
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
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 100217: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Cordiceramus gilberti White 1876 clam |