USGS Loc. M 25923 - Mercers Mill, Tebannee Creek [Ripley Fm] (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Quitman County, Georgia (31.9° N, 85.1° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 62.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ripley Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Ripley Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Maastrichtian in text; justification not provided. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Probably from tyhe upper part of the formation, upper Exogyra costata zone (from nearby collection).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• LITHOLOGY: Not reported in text. LITHIFICATION: Can't be determined.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: A. G. Smith. 1973. Fossil chitons from the Mesozoic - A checklist and bibliography. Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences 103:1-30 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91198: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.09.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications and relatively modern nomenclature.
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Polyplacophora
 Chitonida - Chitonidae
Chiton (Chiton) berryi
Chiton (Chiton) berryi Smith et al. 1968 chiton