ammonites
USGS 17-3; Smith's Ranch, in the vicinity of Cathedral Bluffs (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as USGS 17.3

Where: Colorado (39.6° N, 108.4° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 94.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Green River Formation, Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by D.E. Winchester; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1921. Eocene Insects from the Rocky Mountains. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 57:233-260 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105005: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.02.2011, edited by Alex Aguilar and Jered Karr

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