Latest Santonian (Late Cretaceous) Ammonites

Cephalopods of latest Santonian age are found in sandy dolomitic concretion beds in the Mancos Shale from east of Woodside. These rocks were deposited in the Sevier Foreland Basin.

Reference: Landman, N.H. and Cobban, W. A., 2007, Redescription of the Late Cretaceous (late Santonian) ammonite Desmoscaphites bassleri Reeside, 1927, from the Western Interior of North America, Rocky Mountain Geology, v. 42, no. 2, p. 67–94


Desmoscaphites bassleri
Desmoscaphites bassleri Reeside 1927

Desmoscaphites bassleri
Desmoscaphites bassleri Reeside 1927


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