Where: Wyoming (42.2° N, 111.0° W: paleocoordinates 14.8° N, 32.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Meade Peak Member (Phosphoria Formation), Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, phosphatic shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: K.W. Ciriacks. 1963. Permian and Eotriassic bivalves of the middle Rockies. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 125(1):1-100 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 105284: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.02.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Schizodus ferrieri Girty 1910 clam | |
Palaeoneilo mcchesneyana Girty 1910 clam |