Mars Hill, 1 mile southwest of Graham (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Texas (33.1° N, 98.6° W: paleocoordinates 4.9° S, 32.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Graham Formation (Cisco Group), Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: not stated, possibly part of Smith's USNM collection.

Primary reference: F. B. Plummer and G. Scott. 1937. Upper Paleozoic ammonites in Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin 3701:1-516 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131326: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.07.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Neodimorphoceratidae
Neodimorphoceras texanum Smith 1903 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Schistoceratidae
Schistoceras missouriense Miller and Faber 1892 ammonite