View/edit a column - North American Western Interior Zones

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Name: column id:16
dataset: ammonites Western Interior (dataset id: 32)
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select * from arkL_refs as r left join arkL_reflinks as l on r.refno=l.refno where (l.dbase='arkL_datasets' and l.dbase_id=32) order by abv_ref, disambig

Cobban, W. A., et al. (2006). A USGS zonal table for the Upper Cretaceous Middle Cenomanian-Maastrichtian of the Western Interior of the United States based on Ammonites, Inoceramids, and Radiometric Ages. U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report. 1250 2006,: 1-45. gs

Gale, A. S., Mutterlose, J. & Batenburg, S. (2020). Chapter 27 - The Cretaceous Period. In, Gradstein, F. M. , Ogg, J. G. , Schmitz, M. D. , and Ogg, G. M. (ed.) The Geologic Time Scale 2020. Elsevier, Boston, MA 2: 1023-1086. gs

Kauffman, E. J., Kennedy, W. J. & Wood, C. J. (1996). The Coniacian stage and substage boundaries. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Sciences de la Terre. 66 (Suppl.): 81-94. gs

Meyers, S. R., et al. (2010). Reducing error bars through the intercalibration of radioisotopic and astrochronologic time scales for the Cenomanian/Turonian Boundary Interval, Western Interior Basin, USA. In, American Geological Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 13 17 December 2010, Abstract. -. gs

Meyers, S. R., et al. (2012). Intercalibration of radioisotopic and astrochronologic time scales for the Cenomanian- Turonian Boundary interval, Western Interior Basin, USA. Geology. 40: 7-10. gs

Obradovich, J. D. (1993). A Cretaceous time scale. In, Caldwell, W. G. E. , and Kauffman, E. G. (ed.) Evolution of the Western Interior Basin. Geological Association of Canada, Special Paper . 39: 379-396. gs

Interval Data selection query
select i.id,i.intervalx,i.has_added_abv,i.block_label,i.base_age,i.top_age,i.colour,i.polarity,i.stage,e.event_display,e.age from arkL_intervals as i left join arkL_events as e on i.base_id=e.id where i.column_id=16 and base_age>= 0 and top_age <= 700 order by base_age, top_age

Column content


There are 43 intervals in the North American Western Interior Zones column of the ammonites Western Interior dataset (id=32)
They range in age from 66.0400 Ma (Maastrichtian) to 99.8100 Ma (Cenomanian)

idintervalxhas_added_abvTSC labeltop_agebase_agestage
2754[Few usable ammonites] WAZyes[Few usable ammonites]66.040068.0800Maastrichtian
2755Jeletzkytes nebrascensis WAZyesJeletzkytes nebrascensis68.080068.6900Maastrichtian
2756Hoploscaphites nicolleti WAZyesHoploscaphites nicolleti68.690069.3000Maastrichtian
2757Hoploscaphites birkelundae WAZyesHoploscaphites birkelundae69.300069.9100Maastrichtian
2758Baculites clinolobatus WAZyesBaculites clinolobatus69.910070.4400Maastrichtian
2759Baculites grandis WAZyesBaculites grandis70.440071.1300Maastrichtian
2760Baculites baculus WAZyesBaculites baculus71.130072.0500Maastrichtian
2761Baculites eliasi WAZyesBaculites eliasi72.050072.7400Campanian
2762Baculites jenseni WAZyesBaculites jenseni72.740073.2700Campanian
2763Baculites reesidei WAZyesBaculites reesidei73.270073.6300Campanian
2764Baculites cuneatus WAZyesBaculites cuneatus73.630073.9100Campanian
2765Baculites compressus WAZyesBaculites compressus73.910074.2100Campanian
2766Didymoceras cheyennense WAZyesDidymoceras cheyennense74.210074.6000Campanian
2767Exiteloceras jenneyi WAZyesExiteloceras jenneyi74.600075.0800Campanian
2768Didymoceras stevensoni WAZyesDidymoceras stevensoni75.080075.6400Campanian
2769Didymoceras nebrascense WAZyesDidymoceras nebrascense75.640076.2700Campanian
2770Baculites scotti WAZyesBaculites scotti76.270076.9400Campanian
2771Baculites reduncus WAZyesBaculites reduncus76.940077.6300Campanian
2772Baculites gregoryensis WAZyesBaculites gregoryensis77.630078.3400Campanian
2831Baculites perplexus to Baculites obtusus (5 zones) WAZyesBaculites perplexus to Baculites obtusus (5 zones)78.340080.9700Campanian
2782Scaphites hippocrepis III WAZyesScaphites hippocrepis III80.970081.5800Campanian
2783Scaphites hippocrepis II WAZyesScaphites hippocrepis II81.580082.0500Campanian
2784Scaphites hippocrepis I WAZyesScaphites hippocrepis I82.050082.8100Campanian
2785Scaphites leei III WAZyesScaphites leei III82.810083.9000Campanian
2832Desmoscaphites bassleri to Clioscaphites vermiformis (4 zones) WAZyesDesmoscaphites bassleri to Clioscaphites vermiformis (4 zones)83.900085.3000Santonian
2790Clioscaphites saxitonianus WAZyesClioscaphites saxitonianus85.300085.6000Santonian
2791Scaphites depressus WAZyesScaphites depressus85.600087.5000Coniacian
2792Scaphites ventricosus WAZyesScaphites ventricosus87.500088.0900Coniacian
2793Scaphites preventricosus WAZyesScaphites preventricosus88.090089.3900Coniacian
2794Scaphites mariasensis WAZyesScaphites mariasensis89.390089.4900Turonian
13684Prionocyclus gemeri to P. macombi (6 zones) WAZyesPrionocyclus gemeri to P. macombi (6 zones)89.490091.0300Turonian
2801Prionocyclus hyatti WAZyesPrionocyclus hyatti91.030091.2200Turonian
2802Collignoniceras praecox WAZyesCollignoniceras praecox91.220091.7000Turonian
2803Collignoniceras woollgari WAZyesCollignoniceras woollgari91.700092.9000Turonian
2804Mammites nodosoides WAZyesMammites nodosoides92.900093.3500Turonian
2805Vascoceras birchbyi WAZyesVascoceras birchbyi93.350093.4500Turonian
2806Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum WAZyesPseudaspidoceras flexuosum93.450093.5500Turonian
2807Watinoceras devonense WAZyesWatinoceras devonense93.550093.9000Turonian
2833Nigericeras scotti WAZ to Conlinoceras tarrantense (15 zones) WAZyesNigericeras scotti WAZ to Conlinoceras tarrantense (15 zones)93.900096.2400Cenomanian
2823[blank] 3WAZyes[blank]96.240096.4900Cenomanian
2824[blank] 2WAZyes[blank]96.490096.8300Cenomanian
2825[blank] 1WAZyes[blank]96.830097.2600Cenomanian
2834Neogastroplites maclearni to Neogastroplites haasi (5 zones) WAZyesNeogastroplites maclearni to Neogastroplites haasi (5 zones)97.260099.8100Cenomanian

Column mock-up

This column mock-up plot is a simple plot of the data to allow visual comparaison with the output from TimeScale Creator. For interval tables the defining events are also shown

The data plotted here is the North American Western Interior Zones column from the ammonites Western Interior dataset for the interval. For intervals tables the events re also shown 0 - 700 Ma