USGS Loc. D10507, Ochs Brick and Tile Co. claypit [Windrow Fm] (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Brown County, Minnesota (44.2° N, 94.7° W: paleocoordinates 41.6° N, 55.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Windrow Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Windrow Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relations are unclear. AGE: Cenomanian, on the basis of ammonoid or inoceramid biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

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

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. 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 88016: 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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Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Sanoarca siouxensis