Wallace County, Upper Salt Grass Member: Campanian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Scaphitidae
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Discoscaphites nicoletti
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| var. saltgrassensis | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Wallace |
| Coordinates: | 38.9° North, 101.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.5° North, 71.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Montana | Formation: | Pierre Shale | Member: | Salt Grass Shale |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: upper part of the member, probably Campanian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 71836 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-05-14 07:09:48 | Last modified: | 2012-01-31 17:07:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-05-14 07:09:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24275. | 1% 22640 | M. K. Elias. 1933. Cephalopods of the Pierre Formation of Wallace County, Kansas, and adjacent area. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 21(9):289-363 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel] |