ammonites
6.5 mi south of Humboldt (Loc. 15) (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Richardson County, Nebraska (40.1° N, 96.0° W: paleocoordinates 0.4° S, 27.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Streptognathodus bellus conodont zone, Miles Limestone Member (Falls City Formation), Melekhovian (300.2 - 298.9 Ma)

• Mide-Late Gzhelian, correlative to Melekhovian of Russian Platform.

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: R. K. Pabian and W. J. Rushlau. 2002. Taphonomic Analysis and Systematic Descriptions of Some Late Pennsylvanian and Early Permian Crinoids from Southeastern Nebraska, Eastern Kansas and Southwestern Iowa. Geological Survey Papers 20 [J. Alroy/B. Mamo] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124443: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Briony Mamo on 15.02.2012

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