Where: Lincoln County, Wyoming (42.8° N, 110.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 51.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Twin Creek Limestone Formation, Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)
• Lower part of formation, probably from Sliderock or Rich member.
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by G.R. Mansfield in 1914; reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: R. W. Imlay. 1967. Twin Creek Limestone (Jurassic) in the Western Interior of the United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 540:1-105 [S. Holland/P. Monarrez]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 167144: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Pedro Monarrez on 08.03.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop | |
"Pleuromya subcompressa" = Myacites (Pleuromya) subcompressa
"Pleuromya subcompressa" = Myacites (Pleuromya) subcompressa Meek 1873 clam |