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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Inoceramus walterdorfensis, Cremnoceramus deformis, "Inoceramus erectus" = Cremnoceramus deformis erectus
Cremnoceramus deformis Meek 1871 clam
"Inoceramus erectus" = Cremnoceramus deformis erectus Meek 1877 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Baculites mariasensis Cobban 1951 ammonite | |
Scaphites impendicostatus, "Scaphites preventricosus" = Scaphites (Scaphites) preventricosus, Scaphites mariasensis
Scaphites impendicostatus ammonite
"Scaphites preventricosus" = Scaphites (Scaphites) preventricosus Cobban 1951 ammonite
Scaphites mariasensis Cobban 1851 ammonite |