Belton-Temple Road: Cenomanian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Acanthoceratidae
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Acanthoceras lonsdalei n. sp.
Adkins 1928
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| recombined as Cunningtoniceras lonsdalei | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Bell |
| Coordinates: | 31.4° North, 97.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.9° North, 62.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Cenomanian | Ammonoid zone: | Acanthoceras bellense |
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Eagle Ford | Formation: | Waco Lake | Member: | Bluebonnet |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified calcareous sandstone | ||
| Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
| Taxonomic list comments:abundance data inconsistent: sometimes quantitative, other times qualitative, or not even given. see comment field for info. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 230764 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2023-07-19 23:35:58 | Last modified: | 2023-07-19 23:35:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-07-19 23:35:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 67591. | W. J. Kennedy and W. A. Cobban. 1990. Cenomanian ammonite faunas from the Woodbine Formation and lower part of the Eagle Ford Group, Texas. Palaeontology 33(1):75-154 [P. Wagner/D. Mertz/P. Wagner] |