A-4 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Deaderick Collection AM 379

Where: Clark County, Arkansas (34.1° N, 93.1° W: paleocoordinates 38.6° N, 70.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Veenia parallelopora other zone, Arkadelphia Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified marl and unlithified claystone

• "normal marine environment with no influence of freshwater." No specific lithology information for this sample, but the formation is largely clays and marls.

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collected by W. H. Deaderick

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: K. Pitakpaivan and J. E. Hazel. 1994. Ostracodes and chronostratigraphic position of the Upper Cretaceous Arkadelphia formation of Arkansas. Journal of Paleontology 68(1):111-122 [G. Hunt/G. Hunt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 190548: authorized by Gene Hunt, entered by Gene Hunt on 11.12.2017

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