USGS 15917, Dean Mountain: Pendleian, Arkansas
collected by M. Gordon, D.M. Kinney 1944
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Girtyoceratidae
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Eumorphoceras milleri
Gordon 1964
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Arkansas |
| Coordinates: | 35.7° North, 91.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.3° South, 31.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Serpukhovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 3 |
| Key time interval: | Pendleian | Ammonoid zone: | Eumorphoceras milleri |
| Age range of interval: | 330.90000 - 327.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fayetteville | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Fayetteville shale, 210 ft above base. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "shale" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | core | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
| Collectors: | M. Gordon, D.M. Kinney | Collection dates: | 1944 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 157982 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-07-13 10:45:32 | Last modified: | 2014-07-13 10:48:11 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-07-13 10:45:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11419. | M. Gordon. 1964. Carboniferous Cephalopods of Arkansas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 460:1-322 [J. Alroy/C. Simpson/M. Clapham] |