ammonites
Galena 130 [Deadwood Fm] (Cambrian of the United States)

Also known as G 130

Where: Galena County, South Dakota (44.3° N, 103.6° W: paleocoordinates 11.7° S, 83.0° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Crepicephalus trilobite zone, lower Member (Deadwood Formation), Dresbachian (501.0 - 488.3 Ma)

• AGE: Dresbachian; refined by A. Hendy (6/2009) on the basis of biostratigraphic data (= Crepicephalus zone).

Environment/lithology: foreshore; limestone and sandstone

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: J. H. Stitt and P.J. Perfetta. 2000. Trilobites, Biostratigraphy, and Lithostratigraphy of the Crepicephalus and Aphelaspis zones, Lower Deadwood formation (Marjuman and Steptoean Stages, Upper Cambrian), Black Hills, South Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 74(2):199-223 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Straub/J. Alroy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 8021: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Kyle Straub on 13.06.2000