Where: Jefferson County, Colorado (39.8° N, 105.2° W: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 71.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Smoky Hill Chalk Member (Niobrara Formation), Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Smoky Hill Chalk Mbr of the Niobrara Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Not discussed in text, but Santonian on the basis of other Smoky Hill Mbr collections and stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the uppermost of the Smoky Hill Mbr.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lime mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text, but possibly the University of South Dakota.
Primary reference: R. E. Stevenson. 1979. Attachment sites of a stalked cirriped in the Cretaceous Niobrara Sea. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science 58:21-29 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 160522: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.08.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Thecostraca | |
Stramentum haworthi Williston 1896 barnacle | |
Cephalopoda | |
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite |