Where: Kinney County, Texas (29.2° N, 100.3° W: paleocoordinates 28.4° N, 66.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Forbesiceras brundrettei ammonoid zone, Boquillas Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Bosquillas Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Early Cenomanian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy; Forbesiceras brundrettei zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Limestone near in lower part of the formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Collected by Hill in 1895; reposited in the OUM, TMM, USNM
Collection methods: surface (float),
• COLLECTOR: R.T. Hill, 1895. 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 88570: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.04.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Mariella sp. Nowak 1916 ammonite | |
Sciponoceras sp. Hyatt 1894 ammonite | |
Forbesiceras brundrettei Young 1958 ammonite | |
Moremanoceras elgini Young 1958 ammonite |