Also known as USGS D41(SD)

Where: Broadwater County, Montana (45.9° N, 111.6° W: paleocoordinates 14.2° S, 46.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Three Forks Shale Formation, Famennian (372.2 - 358.9 Ma)

• 30-40 feet below Lodgepole Limestone, 30-40 feet below base of upper siltstone unit.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, gray siltstone

Reposited in the USGS

Primary reference: G. D. Robinson. 1963. Geology of the Three Forks Quadrangle, Montana. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 370:1-143 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7235: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 19.05.2000

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