Where: Emery County, Utah (39.1° N, 109.4° W: paleocoordinates 46.6° N, 79.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Didymoceras nebrascense ammonoid zone, Nelsen Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• Palisade coal zone, equivalent to the Didymoceras nebrascense ammonite biozone, lower part of formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fine channel fill; fine, yellow sandstone and carbonaceous siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: trace, soft parts
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: D. K. Smith. 1997. Museum of Earth Science, Brigham Young University. In P. J. Currie & K. Padian (ed.), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs 457-458 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 49619: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 20.04.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Teredolites clavatus1 Leymerie 1842 |