USGS Loc. D10420, Delano Quarry (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota (45.0° N, 96.2° W: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 58.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, for which stratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Turonian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From sandy limestone that fills a fissure in Precambrian granite.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, sandy limestone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandy limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: W. A. Cobban. 1983. Molluscan fossil record from the northeastern part of the Upper Cretaceous seaway, Western Interior. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1253:1-25 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88013: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 30.03.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to ammonoids or bivalves described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus apicalis Woods 1912 clam
Mytiloides labiatus Schlotheim 1813 clam
Mytiloides mytiloides Mantell 1822 clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
? Amphidonte sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1829 oyster