Clay Spur bentonite district (Cretaceous of the United States)
Where: Weston County, Wyoming (44.0° N, 104.5° W: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 64.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Mowry Shale Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; bentonitic shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Paul O. McGrew; reposited in the UW
Primary reference: A. S. Romer. 1968. An ichthyosaur skull from the Cretaceous of Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 7(1):27-41 [M. Carrano/H. Street]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 100236: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 02.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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"Myopterygius petersoni" = Platypterygius americanus
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