Where: Valley County, Montana (48.6° N, 106.9° W: paleocoordinates 55.0° N, 72.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Didymoceras nebrascense ammonoid zone, Bearpaw Shale Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Bearpaw Shale, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Late Campanian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy; Didymoceras nebrascense zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by Jensen in 1950; reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Jensen, 1950. REPOSITORY: USNM.
Primary reference: F. S. Jensen and H. D. Varnes. 1964. Geology of the Fort Peck area, Garfield, McCone and Valley counties, Montana. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 414-F:1-49 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 88462: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.04.2009, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite | |
Didymoceras nebrascense Meek and Hayden 1856 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pteria linguaeformis" = Phelopteria linguaeformis
"Pteria linguaeformis" = Phelopteria linguaeformis Evans and Shumard 1854 pearl oyster |