Where: Texas (33.2° N, 97.8° W: paleocoordinates 6.7° S, 33.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Graford Formation, Kasimovian (307.0 - 303.7 Ma)
• Shale beneath Rock Hill limestone member of Graford Formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Collection methods: Repository: Plummer Collection, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas.
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 131553: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.07.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Shumardites fornicatus" = Parashumardites fornicatus
"Shumardites fornicatus" = Parashumardites fornicatus Plummer and Scott 1937 ammonite |