Where: Nevada (40.5° N, 118.1° W: paleocoordinates 11.1° N, 41.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Acrochordiceras hyatti ammonoid zone, Fossil Hill Member (Prida Formation), Bithynian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• Unionvillites hadleyi subzone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified limestone and lithified siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. Monnet, H. Bucher, M. Wasmer and J. Guex. 2010. Revision of the genus Acrochordiceras Hyatt, 1877 (Ammonoidea, Middle Triassic): morphology, biometry, biostratigraphy, and intra-specific variability. Palaeontology 53(5):961-996 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 143978: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Acrochordiceras hyatti Meek 1877 ceratite |