Molly Gibson Mine [Molly Gibson Fm] (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Santa Cruz County, Arizona (31.4° N, 110.7° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 75.4° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Molly Gibson Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Molly Gibson Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Early Cenomanian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Not discussed in text.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Stoyanow

• COLLECTOR: A. Stoyanow. REPOSITORY: UT and WSA.

Primary reference: K. Young. 1979. Lower Cenomanian and Late Albian (Cretaceous) ammonites, especially Lyelliceridae, or Texas and Mexico. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 26:1-99 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88715: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.04.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for ammonoids. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with relatively modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Lyelliceratidae
"Stoliczkaia scotti" = Stoliczkaia (Lamnayella) scotti
"Stoliczkaia scotti" = Stoliczkaia (Lamnayella) scotti Breistroffer 1947 ammonite