Glen Garden, Fort Worth [Weno Limestone]: Late Albian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Brancoceratidae
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Mortoniceras (Angolaites) sp.
(Spath 1932)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Lyelliceratidae
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Neophlycticeras (Neophlycticeras) sp.
Spath 1922
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Tarrant |
Coordinates: | 32.7° North, 97.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 30.0° North, 59.8° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
Key time interval: | Late Albian | ||
Age range of interval: | 106.2 - 100.5 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: | 82369 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2008-07-26 15:39:50 | Last modified: | 2021-06-28 14:17:49 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-07-26 15:39:50 |
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] |