Also known as RRCOS
Where: El Paso County, Colorado (38.8° N, 104.9° W: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 69.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Fort Hays Limestone Member (Niobrara Formation), Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; gray limestone and gray grainstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: S. Milito. 2010. A survey of fossils and geology of Red Rock Canyon Open Space, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Mountain Geologist 47(1):1-14 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 179210: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.06.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Inoceramus deformis" = Cremnoceramus deformis
"Inoceramus deformis" = Cremnoceramus deformis Meek 1871 clam |