ammonites
SJS-900-902, Potato Creek, Klamath Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: California (40.5° N, 123.0° W: paleocoordinates 16.6° N, 43.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Dekkas Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.0 - 254.0 Ma)

• Presence of Reichelina cf. media suggests early Djulfian age

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by M. Nestell

Primary reference: C. H. Stevens, M. M. Miller, and M. Nestell. 1987. A new Permian Waagenophyllid coral from the Klamath Mountains, California. Journal of Paleontology 61(4):690-699 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118790: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.10.2011

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