Where: Sonora, Mexico (30.8° N, 112.6° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 16.2° N, 38.2° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Antimonio Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)
• "Monos Beds"; Spiriferellina Zone is uppermost in the succession
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, blue, cherty/siliceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Collected by G.A. Cooper in 1943; reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: A. K. Miller. 1945. A Permian ammonoid from Sonora. Journal of Paleontology 19:22 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 129556: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.06.2012
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Waagenoceras dieneri Böse 1919 ammonite |