ammonites
KR-132 (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Kiowa County, Oklahoma (35.0° N, 98.6° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° S, 84.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ranasasus brevicephalus trilobite zone, Kindblade Formation, Jeffersonian (488.3 - 468.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified lime mudstone and lithified wackestone

• See also Toomey and Nitecki 1979.
• Within unit 3, described as "Thick, 1-15-ft-thick benches of thick- to medium-bedded lime mudstone. Uncommon intraclastic wackestone and bioturbated lime mudstone. Poorly fossiliferous."

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 106855: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 29.03.2011