Where: Ellis County, Texas (32.5° N, 97.1° W: paleocoordinates 30.9° N, 61.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Sciponoceras gracile ammonoid zone, Boquillas Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by J.P. Conlin; reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: W. A. Cobban. 1988. Tarrantoceras Stephenson and related ammonoid genera from Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) rocks in Texas and the western interior of the United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1473:1-30 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 177102: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.03.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Sumitomoceras bentonianum Cragin 1893 ammonite |