D1595. (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: South Dakota (45.5° N, 100.5° W: paleocoordinates 51.1° N, 74.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Baculites baculus ammonoid zone, Mobridge Member (Pierre Shale Formation), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Lower part of Mobridge member of Pierre Shale

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Harry A. Tourtelot in 1956

Primary reference: W. A. Cobban. 2015. USGS Locality Compendium. [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 234106: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 17.03.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gnathostomata
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Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Belemnitellidae
Belemnitella bulbosa Meek and Hayden 1856 belemnite
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite
Baculites ? baculus Meek and Hayden 1861 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Dakoticancridae
"Dakoticancer overana" = Dakoticancer overanus
"Dakoticancer overana" = Dakoticancer overanus Rathbun 1917 crab
 Decapoda - Necrocarcinidae
"Campylostoma pierrense" = Elektrocarcinus pierrensis
"Campylostoma pierrense" = Elektrocarcinus pierrensis Rathbun 1917 crab