ammonites
Carlton (Permian of the United States)

Where: Kansas (38.7° N, 97.3° W: paleocoordinates 5.8° N, 25.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wellington Formation (Sumner Group), Permian (298.9 - 252.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

• Very limited geological information

Primary reference: D. White. 1912. The characters of the fossil plant Gigantopteris Schenk and its occurrence in North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 41:493-516 [H. Sims/S. Ostrowski/A. McGowan] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 11155: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Summer Ostrowski on 23.07.2001, edited by Heather Lindon