Where: McLennan County, Texas (31.5° N, 97.3° W: paleocoordinates 30.0° N, 62.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pepper Shale Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Pepper Shale, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Early Cenomanian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy; Forbesiceras brundrettei zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown part of the formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
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 88572: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.04.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Mariella (Mariella) davisense Young 1958 ammonite | |
Forbesiceras brundrettei Young 1958 ammonite |