Pioneer Myra Kelley core (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Dewitt County, Texas (28.6° N, 97.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 34.1° N, 53.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Stuart City Formation, Late/Upper Albian (106.3 - 100.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; packstone and wackestone

• Grainstone, rudist

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: R. W. Scott, C. Whitney, R. W. Hojnacki; Yulin and X. Lai. 2016. Albian rudist biostratigraphy (Bivalvia), Comanche shelf to shelf margin, Texas. Carnets de Géologie 16(21) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 187269: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 19.07.2017

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Caprinuloideidae
Kimbleia sp. Coogan 1973 rudist
Caprinuloidea romeri Mitchell 2013 rudist
Foraminifera
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 Orbitolinacea - Orbitolinidae