Kevin Mbr, Marias River Shale (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Montana (47.9° N, 110.5° W: paleocoordinates 51.8° N, 72.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kevin Member (Marias River Shale Formation), Early/Lower Coniacian (89.3 - 85.8 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Kevin Mbr of the Marias River Shale, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Early Coniacian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not reported in text. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, assumed.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.

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 88026: 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.
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Cremnoceramus deformis Meek 1871 clam
"Inoceramus erectus" = Cremnoceramus deformis erectus Meek 1877 clam
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites mariasensis Cobban 1951 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Scaphites mariasensis Cobban 1851 ammonite
Scaphites preventricosus Cobban 1951 ammonite