Puale Bay ammonoids, Level 13 (Jurassic of the United States)

Where: Alaska (57.7° N, 155.4° W: paleocoordinates 6.4° N, 82.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kamishak Formation, Liasicus (201.3 - 196.5 Ma)

• Euphyllites-Franziceras regional ammonoid zones. Broadly equivalent to Mulleri-Pleuroacanthitoides zones according to Longridge et al., 2008.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified, calcareous siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: J. Pálfy, P. L. Smith, J.K. Mortensen and R.M. Friedman. 1999. Integrated ammonite biochronology and U-Pb geochronometry from a basal Jurassic section in Alaska. Geological Society America Bulletin 111(10):1537-1549 [J. Pálfy/M. Bosnakoff]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68695: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Mariann Bosnakoff on 02.02.2007

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Psiloceratidae
? Euphyllites sp. Wahner 1898 ammonite
Discamphiceras aff. reissi Tilmann 1917 ammonite