ammonites
Cottonwood River Bridge, shale on top of buff limestone, Elmdale (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as Kellett 64

Where: Kansas (38.4° N, 96.6° W: paleocoordinates 2.1° S, 28.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Elmdale Formation, Gzhelian (303.4 - 298.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, carbonaceous shale

• Very carbonaceous fossiliferous shale on top of the massive buff limestone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: B. Kellett. 1933. Ostracodes of the Upper Pennsylvanian and the Lower Permian strata of Kansas: I. the Aparchitidae, Beyrichiidae, Glyptopleuridae, Kloedenellidae, Kirkbyiidae, and Youngiellidae. Journal of Paleontology 7(1):59-108 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95377: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.04.2010

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