ammonites
Little Elk Creek 26, Deadwood Formation, Meade county South Dakota - Stitt 1998 (Cambrian of the United States)

Where: Meade County, South Dakota (44.3° N, 103.4° W: paleocoordinates 11.8° S, 87.0° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cedarina dakotaensis zone, Deadwood Formation, Menevian (513.0 - 501.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; pebbly, yellow sandstone

• section is 104.4 m thick. pebble sandstone consists of 2.7 to 15.8 m of yellowish, medium to thick bedded medium to coarse, cross-bedded sandstone containing lenses and thin beds of quartz pebbles (up to 5 cm long)

Collection methods: Collections made by Christina Lochman-Balk. The lithologic descriptions of the sections are derived from Lochman-Balk's field notes and Stitt's field reconnaissance.

Primary reference: J. H. Stitt. 1998. Trilobites from the Cedarina dakotaensis zone, lowermost part of the Deadwood Formation, (Marjuman Stage, Upper Cambrian), Black Hills South Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 72(6):1030-1046 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/J. Alroy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 8250: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 02.07.2000