Where: Jeff Davis County, Texas (31.0° N, 104.1° W: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 69.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Buda Limestone Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Buda Limestone, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Early Cenomanian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy; Budaiceras hyatti zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From reworked blocks.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, cherty/siliceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the OUM, TMM, USNM
Collection methods: surface (float),
• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: TMM, OUM, USNM.
Primary reference: W. J. Kennedy and W. A. Cobban. 1993. Lower Cenomanian Forbesiceras brundrettei zone ammonite fauna in Texas, USA. N. Jb. Geol. Palaont. Abh 188(3):327-344 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 88567: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.04.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Ostlingoceras brandi" = Ostlingoceras (Ostlingoceras) brandi, Mariella (Mariella) davisense
"Ostlingoceras brandi" = Ostlingoceras (Ostlingoceras) brandi Young 1958 ammonite
Mariella (Mariella) davisense Young 1958 ammonite | |
Forbesiceras brundrettei Young 1958 ammonite | |
Moremanoceras elgini Young 1958 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Inoceramus aff. arvanus Stephenson 1953 clam | |
Ostrea beloiti Logan 1899 oyster |