Where: Phillips County, Montana (47.9° N, 108.4° W: paleocoordinates 41.4° N, 49.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rierdon Formation (Ellis Group), Early/Lower Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)
• About 24 feet above base of Rierdon formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: B. Kummel. 1954. Jurassic nautiloids from western North America. Journal of Paleontology 28:320-324 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 180718: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.07.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Eutrephoceras montanensis Kummel 1954 nautiloid |