Pepper Creek, west of Temple, under highway: Late/Upper Albian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Brancoceratidae
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Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) rostratum
(Sowerby 1817)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Bell |
| Coordinates: | 31.1° North, 97.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.5° North, 60.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Albian | Ammonoid zone: | Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) rostratum |
| Age range of interval: | 106.20000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Washita | Formation: | Main Street Limestone | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper upper Albian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
Metadata
| Database number: | 175192 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-12-04 21:28:03 | Last modified: | 2023-01-04 09:05:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-12-04 21:28:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36042. | W. J. Kennedy, W. A. Cobban, J. M. Hancock and W. S. Gale. 2005. Upper Albian and Lower Cenomanian ammonites from the Main Street Limestone, Grayson Marl and Del Rio Clay in northeast Texas. Cretaceous Research 26:349-428 [L. Bulot/L. Bulot/M. Clapham] |