USGS Mesozoic 15947, Agua Salada Grant: Middle Turonian, New Mexico
collected by C.B. Hunt, H.R. Joesting, J.W. Wyckoff, G.F. Taylor, R.C. Becker; S.C. Hook, S.J. Frost 1931; 1978
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Coilopoceratidae
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Hoplitoides sandovalensis n. sp.
Cobban and Hook 1980
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Acanthoceratidae
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Spathites puercoensis
(Herrick and Johnson 1900)
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Cobban 1988 | |||||||||
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Romaniceras (Romaniceras) mexicanum
(Jones 1938)
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Kennedy and Cobban 1988 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | Sandoval |
| Coordinates: | 35.3° North, 107.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.9° North, 73.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Turonian | Ammonoid zone: | Prionocyclus hyatti |
| Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Mancos Shale | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: AGE: Middle Turonian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy; Prionocyclus hyatti zone. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | concretionary lithified "shale" |
| Lithology description: limestone concretions in shales | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
| Collectors: | C.B. Hunt, H.R. Joesting, J.W. Wyckoff, G.F. Taylor, R.C. Becker; S.C. Hook, S.J. Frost | Collection dates: | 1931; 1978 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 77803 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, M. Clapham | Enterer: | U. Merkel, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-01-21 05:07:38 | Last modified: | 2016-05-13 22:11:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-01-21 05:07:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26278. | 1% 12360 | W. A. Cobban and S. C. Hook. 1980. The Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) ammonite family Coilopoceratidae Hyatt in the Western Interior of the United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1192:1-28 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 59064 | W. A. Cobban. 1988. The Late Cretaceous ammonite Spathites Kummel & Decker in New Mexico and Trans-Pecos Texas. New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources Bulletin 114:5-21 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 59153 | W. J. Kennedy and W. A. Cobban. 1988. The Late Cretaceous ammonite Romaniceras Spath, 1923, in New Mexico. New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources Bulletin 114:23-34 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |