Little Rock [Midway Group] - Nautiloidea (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Pulaski County, Arkansas (34.7° N, 92.3° W: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 73.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Midway Group, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown stratigraphic unit with Midway Group. AGE: Paleocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in Midway Group.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated, but probably siliciclastic shallow shelf setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, but presumably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Not stated in text.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: A. K. Miller and M. L. Thompson. 1933. The nautiloid cephalopods of the Midway Group. Journal of Paleontology 7(3):298-324 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80974: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.05.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to Nautiloidea described in primary publication. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Hercoglossa ulrichi