Katy Lake Dam, Fort Worth [Weno Limestone]: 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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Mortoniceras (Angolaites) cf. drakei
(Young 1957)
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| OR M. (A.) cf. wintoni | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Engonoceratidae
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Engonoceras serpentinum
(Cragin 1900)
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| original and current combination Buchiceras (Sphenodiscus) belviderensis serpentinus | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Platycyathus scottianus n. sp.
Wells 1933
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Wells 1933 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Ellis |
| Coordinates: | 32.4° North, 96.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.6° North, 59.5° 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 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 106.20000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Washita | Formation: | Weno | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Weno Formation, which overlies the Denton Clay (Late Albian) and is overlain by the Pawpaw Formation. AGE: Late Albian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not environmental data reported. Presumably shallow marine carbonate setting. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | TMM,USNM |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: Several, including the USNM and Texas Memorial Museum (TMM). | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to ammonoids described in taxonomic publication. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 82368 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | A. Hendy, U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-07-26 15:32:02 | Last modified: | 2021-06-28 14:17:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-07-26 15:32:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27752. | W. J. Kennedy, W. A. Cobban, A. S. Gake, J. M. Hancock, and N.H. Landman. 1998. Ammonites from the Weno Limestone (Albian) in Northeast Texas. American Museum Novitates 3236:1-46 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 39438 | J. W. Wells. 1933. Corals of the Cretaceous of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains and Western Interior of the United States. Bulletins of American Paleontology 18(67):85-288 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |