USGS Loc. D2854, Larimer Co. [Pierre Shale] (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Loc. 36 (of Kennedy et al. 2000)

Where: Larimer County, Colorado (40.7° N, 105.5° W: paleocoordinates 47.2° N, 74.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Exiteloceras jenneyi ammonoid zone, Pierre Shale Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Pierre Shale, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Late Campanian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy; Exiteloceras jenneyi zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within the formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

• ENVIRONMENT: Marine siliciclastic.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Shales. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, concretion

Collected by Scott & Cobban in 1960; reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Scott and Cobban, 1960. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: W. J. Kennedy, N. H. Landman, W. A. Cobban and G.R. Scott. 2000. Late Campanian (Cretaceous) heteromorph ammonites. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 251:1-88 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88454: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.04.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to heteromorph ammonites, and other taxa from secondary publications. NOMENCLATURE: An authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Exiteloceras jenneyi Whitfield 1877 ammonite