bioherms, Martin Formation, AZ (Devonian of the United States)
Where: Yavapai County, Arizona (34.9° N, 112.1° W: paleocoordinates 26.5° S, 56.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Jerome Member (Martin Formation), Frasnian (383.7 - 376.1 Ma)
• the unit is about 40 m below the base of the Mississippian Redwalll Limestone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; dolomite
• dolomite bed
Preservation: trace
Primary reference: S. S. Beus. 1980. Devonian serpulid bioherms in Arizona. Journal of Paleontology 54(5):1125-1128 [A. Miller/K. Layou/J. Alroy] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 6255: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 14.02.2000