Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) ammonites from the Owl Creek Formation in northeastern Mississippi, U.S.A

• Autorzy: Kennedy W. , Cobban W.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Ammonites are locally abundant in the Owl Creek Formation in northeastern Mississippi. The assemblage is dominated numerically by Eubaculites carinatus (MORTON, 1834), a widely distributed marker fossil for the Maastrichtian that also occurs in South America, sothern Africa, Madagascar, western Australia, southern India, and western Europe. It is accompanied by Sphenodiscus pleurisepta (CONRAD, 1857), Baculites cf. B. claviforms STEPHENSON, 1941, B. cf. undatus STEPHENSON, 1941, Discoscaphites iris (CONRAD 1858), D. sphaeroidalis sp. nov., and D. cf. D. conradi (MORTON, 1834)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

ammonites; Cretaceous; Maastrichtian; Mississippi; USA

• Wydawca: Faculty of Geology of the University of Warsaw ; Komitet Nauk Geologicznych PAN
• Czasopismo: Acta Geologica Polonica
• Rocznik: 2000
• Tom: Vol. 50, no. 1
• Strony: 175--190
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 74 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Kennedy W.

autor

Cobban W.

• Geological Collections, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW, U.K.