USGS D5308: Late/Upper Santonian, Utah
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Cordiceramus gilberti
(White 1876)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Kane |
Coordinates: | 37.2° North, 111.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.9° North, 78.8° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Santonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 85.80000 - 83.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Straight Cliffs | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: 12 m below top |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | cast,mold/impression |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 100217 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2010-12-01 20:34:23 | Last modified: | 2010-12-01 03:34:43 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-12-01 20:34:23 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
34356. | I. Walaszczyk and W. A. Cobban. 2006. Palaeontology and stratigraphy of the Middle-Upper Coniacian and Santonian inoceramids of the US Western Interior. Acta Geologica Polonica 56(3):241-348 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |