N of Ghent, Lyon Co. (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Lyon County, Minnesota (44.5° N, 95.9° W: paleocoordinates 43.9° N, 58.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From glacial drift; stratigraphic provenance is not discussed. AGE: Turonian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From glacial drift.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, concretionary, ferruginous claystone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Clay ironstone concretion. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, concretion

Collected by Regnier

Collection methods: surface (float),

• COLLECTOR: P. Regnier. REPOSITORY: UMIP, University of Minnesota.

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 88014: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 30.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to ammonoids or bivalves described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Scaphites preventricosus
Scaphites preventricosus Cobban 1951 ammonite