Where: Chihuahua, Mexico (30.2° N, 104.8° W: paleocoordinates 29.3° N, 67.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Benevides Formation, Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Benevides. It is a lateral correlative of the Kiamichi Fm, slightly older than the Goodland and Comanche Peak Limestones, and slightly younger than the Georgetown Fm. AGE: Late Albian; Adkinsites bravoensis zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collected by Spiegelberg & Dill in 1960
• COLLECTOR: F. Spiegelberg & M. Dill, 1960. REPOSITORY: Most University of Texas (UT), but also Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas (BEG).
Primary reference: K. Young. 1966. Texas Mojsisoviciziinae (Ammonoidea) and the zonation of the Fredricksburg. Geological Society of America Memoir 100:1-225 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 82880: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 03.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Manuaniceras elaboratum" = Oxytropidoceras (Manuaniceras), "Venezoliceras cf. chihuahuaense" = Oxytropidoceras (Venezoliceras), "Adkinsites imlayi" = Oxytropidoceras (Adkinsites), "Adkinsites cf. diazi" = Oxytropidoceras (Adkinsites)
"Manuaniceras elaboratum" = Oxytropidoceras (Manuaniceras) ammonite
"Venezoliceras cf. chihuahuaense" = Oxytropidoceras (Venezoliceras) ammonite
"Adkinsites imlayi" = Oxytropidoceras (Adkinsites) ammonite
"Adkinsites cf. diazi" = Oxytropidoceras (Adkinsites) ammonite |