ammonites
I-1006 (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Carter County, Oklahoma (34.4° N, 97.1° W: paleocoordinates 21.4° S, 82.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bolbocephalus stitti trilobite zone, Kindblade Formation, Cassinian (478.6 - 468.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, massive, bioturbated lime mudstone and lithified, intraclastic, ooidal wackestone

• Within unit 6, described as "Thick-bedded, resistant lime mudstone, massive to bioturbated or with argillaceous laminations. Moderately fossiliferous. Rare oolitic and intraclastic wackestone."

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. D. Loch

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: J. D. Loch. 2007. Trilobite biostratigraphy and correlation of the Kindblade Formation (Lower Ordovician) of Carter and Kiowa Counties, Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 149:1-154 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins] more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 106791: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 29.03.2011