Sycamore Creek, Fort Worth [Weno Limestone] (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Tarrant County, Texas (32.8° N, 97.3° W: paleocoordinates 30.1° N, 59.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Weno Formation (Washita Group), Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Weno Formation, which overlies the Denton Clay (Late Albian) and is overlain by the Pawpaw Formation. AGE: Late Albian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• ENVIRONMENT: Not environmental data reported. Presumably shallow marine carbonate setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Reposited in the TMM, USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: Several, including the USNM and Texas Memorial Museum (TMM).

Primary reference: W. J. Kennedy, W. A. Cobban, A. S. Gake, J. M. Hancock, and N.H. Landman. 1998. Ammonites from the Weno Limestone (Albian) in Northeast Texas. American Museum Novitates 3236:1-46 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82364: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.07.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to ammonoids described in taxonomic publication. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
 Ammonitida - Engonoceratidae
Engonoceras serpentinum Cragin 1900 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Anisoceratidae
Anisoceras perarmatum Pictet and Campiche 1861 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Turrilitidae
"Mariella (Wintonia) sp." = Mariella (Plesioturrilites)
"Mariella (Wintonia) sp." = Mariella (Plesioturrilites) ammonite